noun🔗ShareThe act of dilating."The doctor used eye drops to cause dilation of my pupils so she could examine the back of my eyes. "medicinephysiologyanatomyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareState of being dilated; expansion; dilatation."The dilation of the pupils in the dark allowed her to see more details in the room. "medicinephysiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDelay."The teacher announced a dilation of the school's field trip, delaying it until next week. "timeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIn morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image."The image processing software used dilation to enlarge the blurry picture of the family portrait. "technologycomputingsciencemathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading