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What is another word for dilations?

Pronunciation: [da͡ɪlˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Dilations refer to the process of altering the size of an object while maintaining its shape. Some synonyms for the term dilations include enlargement, magnification, stretching, expanding and amplification. The term enlargement is often used when referring to the process of increasing the size of an object up to a set scale factor. Magnification, on the other hand, relates to the increase in the size of an object compared to its original size. Stretching refers to the process of elongating an object while maintaining its proportions whereas expanding is used when referring to the broadening or widening of an object. Amplification, however, refers to the process of increasing the strength of a signal or sound.
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The dilations and transformations undergone by the tail suggest that they may be due to a repulsive force emanating from the Sun, an electric charge transmitted doubtless through the ether.
"Astronomy for Amateurs"
Camille Flammarion
Their dilations on the development of wenches, shades of colour, qualities of stock suited to the various markets-from Richmond to New Orleans-disclose a singular foresight into the article of poor human nature.
"Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter"
F. Colburn Adams
By dint of these alternate contractions and dilations, indolent though they be, the larva nevertheless contrives to turn right round in the sort of shell with which the pseudochrysalidal integuments provide it, when by accident it finds itself placed head downwards; and this operation is all the more difficult inasmuch as the larva almost exactly fills the cavity of the shell.
"The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles"
Jean Henri Fabre

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