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Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Science, technology, and mathematics
Expansion (geometry) , stretching of geometric objects with flat sides
Expansion (model theory) , in mathematical logic, a mutual converse of a reduct
Expansion card , in computing, a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot
Expansion chamber , on a two-stroke engine, a tuned exhaust system that enhances power output
Expansion joint , an assembly that absorbs heat-induced expansion and contraction of construction materials
Joule–Thomson effect or Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands
Thermal expansion , the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature
Expansion of the universe , the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time
Economics
Sport
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Topics referred to by the same term