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ex·pan·sive

 (ĭk-spăn′sĭv)
adj.
1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.
3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.
ex·pan′sive·ly adv.
ex·pan′sive·ness, ex′pan·siv′i·ty (ĕk′spăn-sĭv′ĭ-tē) n.
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expansivity

(ˌɛkspænˈsɪvɪtɪ)
n
1. the quality of being expansive
2. (General Physics) another name for coefficient of expansion
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ex•pan•siv•i•ty

(ˌɛk spænˈsɪv ɪ ti)

n.
the quality or state of being expansive.
[1830–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.expansivity - the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
coefficient of expansion
coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
2.expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
expansiveness
impressiveness, magnificence, grandness, richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
3.expansivity - a friendly open trait of a talkative person
effusiveness, expansiveness
communicativeness - the trait of being communicative
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