expand

Definitions

General English

  • verb to increase the size or extent of something

Accounting

  • verb to get bigger, or make something bigger

Electronics

  • To increase the extent, size, volume, quantity, number, or scope. For instance, to increase the memory or storage of a computer, to restore the dynamic range of a compressed signal, or to widen an electron beam.
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