Dilation
Dilation , noun
[Latin dilatio. See Dilatory.]
Delay. [Obsolete] — Bp. Hall
Dilation , noun
[From dilate, v., compare Dilatation, Dilator.]
The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. — Mrs. Browning
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure.