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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

What seems most wanted is breadth, free expansion all round to keep the soul healthy.

From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence

From my heart I longed that Italy might before long be liberated from these toils which hinder the free expansion of its young and vigorous forces.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

The Hittites were growing in power, and required an enlarged territory for their free expansion.

From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George

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