Expression

Expression may refer to:

Symbolic expression

  • Expression (language), a thought communicated by language
  • Expression (mathematics), a finite combination of symbols that are well-formed according to applicable rules
  • Expression (programming), an instruction to execute something that will return a value
  • Regular expression, a means of matching strings of text in computing
  • Expression marks, (music) notating the musical dynamics

Bodily expression

  • The expression of milk
  • Emotional expression, verbal and non-verbal behaviour that communicates emotion
  • Facial expression, a movement of the face that conveys emotional state
  • Gene expression, the process by which information from a gene is used in biochemistry
  • Expression (sign language), the expressions and postures of the face and body that contribute to the formation of words when signing

Product names

  • Expression (album), an album by John Coltrane
  • Expressions (album), an album by Chick Corea
  • Expressions, an album by Jon Secada
  • Expression crew, a breakdance crew.
  • Expressions, the annual magazine of Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
  • Microsoft Expression Studio, a digital media and graphic design suite
  • Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, a college in Emeryville, California for the entertainment industry

Famous quotes containing the word expression:

    “I suppose an entire cabinet of shells would be an expression of the whole human mind; a Flora of the whole globe would be so likewise, or a history of beasts; or a painting of all the aspects of the clouds. Everything is significant.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities. They use them as bludgeons for preventing the free expression of Beauty in new forms.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “Here and there a bird sang, a rose silenced her expression of him, and all the gaga flowers wondered. But they puzzled the wanderer with their vague wearinesses.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)