EXPANDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expanded mean? 

• EXPANDED (adjective)
  The adjective EXPANDED has 1 sense:

1. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

  Familiarity information: EXPANDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPANDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

Antonym:

contracted (reduced in size or pulled together)

 Context examples 

Around 6 million years ago, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet expanded, stabilized and ceased producing large volumes of meltwater.

(Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability, National Science Foundatio)

They have expanded in size and are shedding their outer layers into space.

(Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star, NASA)

It's main advantage is its expanded inclusion of family history information.

(Claus model, NCI Thesaurus)

It could be expanded to test for other nutrients and health indicators, scientists believe.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)

The national drought footprint expanded from about 18 percent in January to about 23 percent by the end of December.

(2016 was 2nd warmest year on record for U.S., NOAA)

The transduced PBLs are then expanded in culture.

(Anti-p53 T-Cell Receptor-Transduced Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD).

(New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920, National Science Foundation)

The researchers also found that as mast cells expanded, the intestinal lining became more permeable, making it easier for allergens to enter the tissues.

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

The Saturn Nebula was originally a low-mass star, which expanded into a red giant at the end of its life and began to shed its outer layers.

(The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula, ESO)

Gradually, new microglia expanded outwards towards the edges of the retina.

(Immune cells in the retina can spontaneously regenerate, National Institutes of Health)