See Also: Expression(medicine)
EXPRESSION(law)
self-expression(dictionary)
expression(dictionary)
expression(dictionary)
Gene expression(health)
oocyte expression(medicine)
Regular Expression(law)
expression vector(medicine)
expression system(medicine)

expression (iou)



expression noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin expressio(n-), from express- pa. ppl stem of exprimere (cf. EXPRESS verb1): see -ION.]
The action or an act of pressing or squeezing out. LME.
b. Something obtained in this way. Only in 17.
The action of expressing something in words or symbols; the utterance of feelings, intentions, etc.; manifestation of a feeling or quality by an external sign or token. Formerly also, explicit mention, description. LME.
free expression: see FREE adjective.
Tennyson Adeline..beyond expression fair. J. A. Froude To encourage the fullest expression of public feeling. M. Tippett He uses words as discourses and reserves the expression of artistic emotion for tone.
A spoken utterance, a written declaration; an action, state, or fact whereby some feeling, quality, etc., is manifested or symbolized; a sign, a token. Now only foll. by of. E17.
J. Gilbert The death of Christ was the expression of Divine love. B. Jowett Your words..are the very expression of my own feelings.
Manner or means of expressing in language; wording, diction. E17.
George Eliot He had not a great range of expression.
b. A word, a phrase, a form of speech. M17.
J. A. Froude Ambiguous expressions were explained away when challenged. B. Pym She was still 'under the doctor', as the expression was. D. Lodge She was brainwashed, if you'll pardon the expression.
c. Math. A collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity. L18.
A. S. Eddington Simplifying the algebraic expressions.
In painting, sculpture, etc., the mode of expressing character, sentiment, action, etc. E18.
J. Ruskin Masterpieces of expression.
b. Music. Manner of performance that expresses the feeling of a passage. L18.
M. E. Braddon She played with brilliancy, and..with expression.
Capacity of the face, voice, or attitude for expressing feeling or character; the appearance of the face, or the intonation of the voice, as indicating a person's feelings. L18.
J. Moore There is more expression in the countenances of French women. Dickens 'Can't I!' said Abbey, with infinite expression. M. Frayn A quiet level voice without expression of any sort. A. Sillitoe An expression of anger spread over his face. R. Warner He looked at me with a doubtful and cunning expression in his..eyes.
Genetics. The appearance in a phenotype of a character or effect attributed to a particular gene; the manner or degree of this; the process by which possession of a gene leads to the appearance in the phenotype of the corresponding character. E20.
R. R. Gates Families can differ greatly in the degree of expression of polydactyly.
Comb.: expression-mark Music a sign or word indicating the expression required of a performer; expression-stop Music a stop in a harmonium allowing expression by means of varied air pressure.
expressional adjective E19.