'Dilation' definitions:
Definition of 'dilation'
From: WordNet
noun
A lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic
noun
The act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [syn: dilation, dilatation]
Definition of 'Dilation'
From: GCIDE
- Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [L. dilatio. See Dilatory.] Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dilation'
From: GCIDE
- Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dilation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- bump,
- bunion,
- burlesque,
- carbuncle,
- caricature,
- corn,
- cyst,
- development,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- distension,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- furuncle,
- gassiness,
- grandiloquence,
- heightening,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- intumescence,
- lump,
- magnification,
- meteorism,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- pimple,
- pock,
- prodigality,
- profuseness,
- puff,
- puffery,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- puffing up,
- pustule,
- rising,
- sebaceous cyst,
- sensationalism,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- travesty,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- unfolding,
- wen,
- windiness,
- working-out