No. 1,161 in Spanish
expansión
Expansion; the act or process of increasing in size, scope, or extent.
In a sentence
La expansión económica del país ha generado nuevas oportunidades laborales.
The economic expansion of the country has generated new job opportunities.
In this sentence, "expansión" refers to the process of increase in scope or scale, particularly in an economic context.
El imperio romano alcanzó su mayor expansión en el siglo II.
The Roman Empire reached its largest expansion in the 2nd century.
Here, "expansión" is used to describe the physical growth or enlargement of an empire's territorial limits.
La expansión de gases en un recipiente cerrado sigue las leyes de la termodinámica.
The expansion of gases in a closed container follows the laws of thermodynamics.
"Expansión" in this example pertains to the physical process of a substance spreading out or increasing its volume in response to certain conditions.
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