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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure;
[syn: coefficient of expansion, expansivity]

2. a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand;
- Example: "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
[syn: expansiveness, expansivity]

3. a friendly open trait of a talkative person;
[syn: effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

expansivity \expansivity\ n.
   1. the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit
      change in temperature at a given constant pressure.

   Syn: coefficient of expansion.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

expansivity
    n 1: the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit
         change in temperature at a given constant pressure [syn:
         coefficient of expansion, expansivity]
    2: a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the
       tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant
       life style was soon curtailed" [syn: expansiveness,
       expansivity]
    3: a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn:
       effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity]