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antiexpansion

antiexpansion adjective: acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.

Adjective

antiexpansion (comparative more antiexpansion, superlative most antiexpansion)

  1. Acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.
    • Although the amount of spatulation will not affect the final setting time of plaster mixes containing antiexpansion additives and retarders, excessive spatulation will reduce the available working time...1968, Floyd Avery Peyton, Restorative dental materials
  2. Opposing expansion (as of a state or corporation).

Forms of antiexpansion

comparativemore antiexpansion
superlativemost antiexpansion

Origin of antiexpansion

From anti- + expansion.

Questions about antiexpansion

What does antiexpansion mean?
Antiexpansion means acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.
What part of speech is antiexpansion?
Antiexpansion is an adjective.

Words near antiexpansion in the dictionary

  1. antievolutionists
  2. antiexcitotoxic
  3. antiexclusion
  4. antiexile
  5. antiexosome
  6. antiexpansion
  7. antiexpansionism
  8. antiexpansionist
  9. antiexpansionists
  10. antiexperimentalism
  11. antiexploit

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