Swelling can also mean:
- Die swell, the increase of volume of material due to absorption of a solvent, common for plastic polymers
- Neutron-induced swelling caused by neutron radiation.
Famous quotes containing the word swelling:
“We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)
“Things out of perfection sail
And all their swelling canvas wear....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“Civilization, for every advantage she imparts, holds a hundred evils in reserve;Mthe heart burnings, the jealousies, the social rivalries, the family dissensions, and the thousand self-inflicted discomforts of refined life, which make up in units the swelling aggregate of human misery.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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