n. [ From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator. ] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. dilatio. See Dilatory. ] Delay. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]