ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Expander

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Expander is a noun meaning One who or that which expands.

Meaning

One who or that which expands.

More Meanings

  1. (dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.
  2. (graphical user interface) A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.
  3. (graph theory) A kind of sparse graph with strong connectivity properties.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extender, magnifier, compressor, expandor, enlarger, increaser.

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