Expanding

/ɪkˈspændɪŋ/ verb

Definition

Growing larger in size, volume, or scope, or spreading out to cover more area.

Etymology

From Latin 'expandere,' composed of 'ex-' (out) and 'pandere' (to spread), literally meaning 'to spread out.'

Kelly Says

The universe is expanding faster now than it was billions of years ago—a discovery so mind-bending that it earned three physicists the Nobel Prize in 2011, proving that gravity actually repels at cosmic scales!

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