The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expander \Ex*pand"er\, n. Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
Wiktionary
n. One who expands; something that expands.
Wikipedia
Expander can refer to:
- Part of the process of dynamic range compression
- Part of the process of signal compression
- Part of the process of companding
- Turboexpander, a turbine for high-pressure gas
- Expander graph, a sparse graph used in the combinatorics branch of mathematics
- StuffIt Expander, a file decompressor software utility
- "Expander", a song on the album Accelerator by The Future Sound of London
- Orthodontic expander, a device to widen the upper jaw
- Disclosure widget, a widget that hides non-essential settings or information, also known as an expander.
"Expander" was a 1994 single released by The Future Sound of London from the 1992 album Accelerator. This single was released along with a remixed version and two other songs: "Moscow" and "Central Industrial". Accelerator was subsequently re-released in the US in 1996.
Usage examples of "expander".
Belle leapt clear and tracked-on spitting, reflexively sending her first greeting smashing into the gunhand of the opponent and splattering it, then climbing for the heart and the head--and the Mafioso went down gurgling with three Parabellum hi-shock expanders displacing several cubic inches of vital matter.
For the mires expander and the converters, lowering, as they did, the mass of the flyer, eliminating inertia, fitted with the fusion engine of the Delanians as Rei fitted with Miaree.
With Kelly, however, because be was bleeding out and getting blood expanders and volume expanders, it was very important that be have his medication exactly on time, The nurses were giving it to him right on time.
With his sterile, gloved hands raised in the air, David turned to Molly and asked her to get a mom ready with a crash cart and plasma expanders in case they were needed.
After they were put in place, expanders opened inside, locking them on tight.