ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

microphotography, photomicrography, micrography † ; photomicrograph,
microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445.
V. be little &c adj.; lie in a nutshell; become small &c (decrease) 36, (contract) 195.
Adj. little; small &c (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal;
inconsiderable &c (unimportant) 643; exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin † ,
miniature, pygmy, pigmy † , elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted,
limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative † , portable;
duodecimo † ; dumpy, squat; short &c 201.
impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable,
insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal, homoeopathic † ; atomic, subatomic,
corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial.
weazen † , scant, scraggy, scrubby; thin &c (narrow) 203; granular &c (powdery) 330;
shrunk &c 195; brevipennate † .
Adv. in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely, microscopically.
194. Expansion -- N. expansion; increase of size &c 35; enlargement, extension,
augmentation; amplification, ampliation † ; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth,
development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence † , turgidness, turgidity;
dispansion † ; obesity &c (size) 192; hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]; dropsy,
tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness;
inflation; pandiculation † .
dilatability, expansibility.
germination, growth, upgrowth † ; accretion &c 35; budding, gemmation † .
overgrowth, overdistension † ; hypertrophy, tympany † .
bulb &c (convexity) 250; plumper; superiority of size.
[expansion of the universe] big bang; Hubble constant.
V. become larger &c (large) &c 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase,
incrassate † , swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread;
mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth,
vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like
wildfire, overrun.
be larger than; surpass &c (be superior) 33.
render larger &c (large) &c 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop,
amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram;
exaggerate; fatten.
Adj. expanded, &c v.; larger, &c (large) &c 192; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide
spread; flabelliform † ; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied,
dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied † ; edematous, oedematous † , obese, puffy, pursy † ,
blowzy, bigswoln † , distended; patulous; bulbous &c (convex) 250; full blown, full grown,
full formed; big &c 192; abdominous † , enchymatous † , rhipidate † ; tumefacient † ,
tumefying † .
195. Contraction -- N. contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size &c 36;
defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking &c v.; compaction; tabes † , collapse,
emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction † , consumption, marasmus † , atrophy; systole, neck,
hourglass.