English noun: expansivity | |||
| 1. | expansivity (quantity) the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure | ||
| Synonyms | coefficient of expansion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coefficient | ||
| 2. | expansivity (attribute) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | ||
| Samples | The expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed. | ||
| Synonyms | expansiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grandness, impressiveness, magnificence, richness | ||
| 3. | expansivity (attribute) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | ||
| Synonyms | effusiveness, expansiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicativeness | ||