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.
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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