internal expansion — Growth of assets resulting from internal financing or internally generated cash flow. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Internal heat — is the heat source from the interior celestial objects, such as planets, brown dwarfs, and stars, caused by gravity and decaying radioactive materials. The amount of internal heat depends on mass; the more massive the object, the more internal… … Wikipedia
expansion slot — exˈpansion ˌslot noun [countable] COMPUTING a Connector on a computer system board that can hold an expansion card: • Internal modems fit into an expansion slot and don t require a serial port socket. * * * expansion slot UK US noun [C] IT ► … Financial and business terms
Internal resistance to South African apartheid — Internal resistance to the apartheid system in South Africa came from several sectors of society and saw the creation of organisations dedicated variously to peaceful protests, passive resistance and armed insurrection. ANC and the PACAlthough… … Wikipedia
expansion — [ek span′shen] n. [LL expansio < L expansus: see EXPANSE] 1. an expanding or being expanded; enlargement; dilation 2. an expanded thing or part 3. the amount, degree, or extent of expansion 4. a development or full treatment, as of a topic 5.… … English World dictionary
internal-combustion engine — ► NOUN ▪ an engine in which power is generated by the expansion of hot gases from the burning of fuel with air inside the engine … English terms dictionary
Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high … Wikipedia
Expansion joint — For the railway specific expansion joints, see Breather switch. Expansion joint on a bridge An expansion joint or movement joint is an assembly designed to safely absorb the heat induced expansion and contraction of various construction materials … Wikipedia
Expansion card — Example of a PCI Digital I/O Expansion Card. The expansion card (also expansion board, adapter card or accessory card) in computing is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot of a computer motherboard or backplane to… … Wikipedia
Internal energy — In thermodynamics, the internal energy of a thermodynamic system, or a body with well defined boundaries, denoted by U , or sometimes E , is the total of the kinetic energy due to the motion of molecules (translational, rotational, vibrational)… … Wikipedia
Expansion tank — An expansion tank is a small tank used in closed water heating systems and domestic hot water systems to absorb excess water pressure. Excess pressure can be caused by thermal expansion as water is heated, or by water hammer. The expansion tank… … Wikipedia