dilation
Pronunciation: /daɪˈleɪʃən/
The English word “dilation” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of dilating.
- State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
- Delay.
- In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
Etymology
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
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