expander (English, noun)
expansion: expander (plural expanders)
Senses:
glosses: One who or that which expands.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of sparse graph with strong connectivity properties.
Forms:
form: expanders
tags: plural