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dilation

/daɪˈleɪʃən/ noun C2
  1. The act of dilating. (countable, uncountable)
  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. (countable, uncountable)
  3. In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image. (countable, uncountable)

Plural dilations

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