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Webster 1913 Edition
Dilation
Di-la′tion
,Noun.
The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
Mrs. Browning.
At first her eye with slow
dilation
rolled. Tennyson.
A gigantic
dilation
of the hateful figure. Dickens.
Definition 2025
dilation
dilation
English
Noun
dilation (plural dilations)
- The act of dilating.
- State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
- (obsolete) Delay.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
Translations
act of dilating
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state of being dilated
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delay — see delay