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膨脹;延伸

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distention \Dis*ten"tion\, n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]
   1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or
      in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the
      distention of the lungs.

   2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distention
     n 1: the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn:
          {dilatation}, {distension}]
     2: the act of expanding by pressure from within [syn: {distension}]