COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coefficient of expansion mean? 

• COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION (noun)
  The noun COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION has 1 sense:

1. the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure

  Familiarity information: COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

coefficient of expansion; expansivity

Hypernyms ("coefficient of expansion" is a kind of...):

coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)