Laynes Expansion Is Bringing Famous Chicken Fingers To New Cities

Lufkin will soon say be saying howdy to Aggie favorite Layne’s Chicken Fingers, as the restaurant founded in College Station in 1994 continues its expansion across Texas. Construction on the $500,000, ...

San Antonio Express-News: Texas chicken chain denies Raising Cane's war, excited for expansion

The meaning of EXPANSION is expanse. How to use expansion in a sentence.

EXPANSION meaning: 1. the increase of something in size, number, or importance: 2. the increase of something in size…. Learn more.

Expansion is usually due to heating. When substances are heated, the molecular bonds between their particles are weakened, and the particles move faster, causing the substance to expand.

an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance. Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion. The expansion of higher education will continue. The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year.

Expansion is the part of an engine cycle in which the fluid increases in volume and makes a part such as a piston or flywheel move. The expansion of the gas pushes the piston inside the cylinder. The expansion of the gas causes the piston to move.

Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō. By surface analysis, expand +‎ -sion.

The runway is undergoing expansion to allow bigger planes to land there. [countable] an expanded portion or form of a thing: The book is an expansion of a series of articles.

There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun expansion, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Sports Illustrated: MLS Expansion: How It Works and New Teams on the Way

For many B2B executives, expansion feels like the logical next step. You’ve won the initial deal. You’ve delivered value. Your customer is happy. So, naturally, when it comes time to sell more—whether ...