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dilated

/daɪˈleɪtɪd/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪtɪd

adjective more dilated · most dilated

Having undergone dilation; enlarged. Now the rays of yellow being more refracted by the first Superficies of the said Air than those of red, are thereby made more oblique to the second Superficies, at which they are reflected to produce the colour'd Rings, and consequently the yellow Circle in each Ring will be more dilated than the re
Relatively large. The sternum forms a long, linear, deeply channeled lobe, between the coxæ, the apex very dilated, cordate, with a very elevated ridge in the centre, like a nose in profile

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participle, past simple past and past participle of dilate

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@misc{dilated_2026,
  title = {dilated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dilated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}