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English
Etymology
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
Pronunciation
Noun
dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)
- The act of dilating.
- State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
- Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
- (obsolete) Delay.
- Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in , volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
- (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
dilation f (plural dilations)
- dilation
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīlātiō.
Noun
dilation oblique singular, f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)
- dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)