dilation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic
Types & categories
- discussion hypernym
Related & opposite
- elaborate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of expanding an aperture
the dilation of the pupil of the eye
Types & categories
- expansion hypernym
- vasodilation hyponym
- mydriasis hyponym
Related & opposite
- distend derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaborate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discussion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distend |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expansion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vasodilation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mydriasis |