dilation

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /daɪˈleɪʃən/

Noun

dilation

1. The act of dilating.
2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.

   Synonyms: expansion, dilatation

3. (obsolete) Delay.

   Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up, Thesaurus:delay

4. (math) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Translations

• French: dilatation
• Portuguese: dilatação
• Russian: дилатация
• Spanish: dilatación

Translations

• Portuguese: dilatação

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