expander
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expanders
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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
Instead, he worked at the Institute for Problems in Information Transmission, but the practical focus there led to his discoveries about expander graphs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
George Stephenson and his predecessors experienced great difficulty in rendering the tube-end joints quite water-tight, but the invention of the "expander" has removed this trouble.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams
In 2019, Allergan issued a voluntary global recall of Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders and no longer manufactures these types of implants.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
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
They were also given skin and tissue expanders months before the surgery so doctors could close their scalps after surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 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
They had to use backboards every day, and chest expanders.
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil
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