Expansion vs Emanation - What's the difference?
expansion | emanation |
The act or process of expanding.
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
A new addition.
A product to be used with a previous product.
That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
* Beattie
(steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
(uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.
As nouns the difference between expansion and emanation
is that expansion is expansion while emanation is emanation, emission.expansion
English
Noun
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- This expansion requires the original game board.
- the starred expansion of the skies
Antonyms
* (act of expanding) contractionDerived terms
* expansionism * expansion joint * expansion team * expansion cleat * expansion packemanation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Perfume is an emanation from a flower.