expander
Americannoun
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a person or thing that expands.
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Electronics. Also expandor. a transducer that produces an output with a range of voltages greater than that of the input signal.
noun
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a device for exercising and developing the muscles of the body
a chest expander
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an electronic device for increasing the variations in signal amplitude in a transmission system according to a specified law Compare compressor compander
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When corsetry was in, expander panels conceded space, but often pregnancy was too rude and ugly to be revealed with a defining belt or sash.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Now it is five days post-mastectomy and insertion of the tissue expander that presses hard against my chest wall.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
She had life-saving surgery to remove a tumour from her breast last summer and has since lived with a tissue expander, a temporary fix until an operation to change it to a permanent implant.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2021
And expander graphs have practical use not only in the design of computer networks, but also for applications such as error correction algorithms, random number generators and cryptography.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Then remove the expander, and you are ready for your header or calking tool.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
In contrast, standard vapour compression systems contain pumps, condensers and expanders for refrigerant, which all generate much of the noise.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
In her first time speaking publicly about her diagnosis, surgeries and recovery since she announced the diagnosis in March, Munn said she first opted for tissue expanders over immediate reconstructive surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Back then, he used homemade cans of sand and cement and cable-chest expanders.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
In the months following the surgery, she had tissue expanders in her chest that were rock hard – they felt like coke cans.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2020
How pathetic that even after his death he is not spared from spoiling but that the last clear streams of his prophesying must run out, as we have seen, in the sands of those expanders!
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
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