Di*la"tion (?), n. [L. dilatio. See Dilatory.]
Delay.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
© Webster 1913.
Di*la"tion, n. [From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator.]
The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
Mrs. Browning.
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled.
Tennyson.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure.
Dickens.
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