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adj. - (of gases) fit to grow or take up more space.

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  • He has been developing so-called expandable space habitats, a technology he bought from NASA a number of years ago.
  • I had one of those "expandable" jobs, where you could work as many hours as you could stand.
  • I will bring 'expandable' food to school to eat during break. (i.e. musli) so i would be full for the rest of the day.
  • Is there any kind of expandable RAID configuration I can use so I don't have to buy 8, 2TB immediately?
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