ぼうちょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. Ausdehnung; Expansion
2. Ausbreitung; Erweiterung; Zunahme; sich ausdehnen; expandieren; anschwellen; sich ausbreiten; anwachsen; zunehmen
Kanji used
bulge
lengthen
Pitch accent
うちょう
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Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
Expansionsrate; Ausdehnungskoeffizient
inflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")
Examples (4 in total)
Our universe is expanding.
Water expands with heat.
Many astronomers assume that the universe expands infinitely.
The world population is expanding at the rate of nearly 90 million people a year.