expansivity

2 definitions found

expansivity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  expansivity \expansivity\ n.
     1. the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit
        change in temperature at a given constant pressure.
  
     Syn: coefficient of expansion.
          [WordNet 1.5]

expansivity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  expansivity
      n 1: the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit
           change in temperature at a given constant pressure [syn:
           coefficient of expansion, expansivity]
      2: a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the
         tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant
         life style was soon curtailed" [syn: expansiveness,
         expansivity]
      3: a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn:
         effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity]