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free expansion

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noun

Thermodynamics.
  1. the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.


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Mr Cote said the firm would refund fans who had pre-ordered the game, and promised a free expansion to anyone who placed a new pre-order for the revised launch.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

He enraged many; some staunch Army and Navy men deemed him a menace to their free expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

A point of importance in the manuring of potatoes is a good tilth in the soil, so as to enable a free expansion of the tubers to take place.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

The water-jackets are of spun copper, brazed on to the cylinder, and corrugated so as to admit of free expansion; the water is circulated by means of a centrifugal pump.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles

The valley, in which the old capital was situated, might have been too narrow to allow free expansion, or it might have been found inconveniently situated as regards communications.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

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