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When an object undergoes thermal expansion, its volume or dimension increases.

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The correct option is A
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Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change its shape, area, and volume in response to the change in temperature, through heat transfer.
Therefore, increasing the temperature of an object changes its dimension or volume.

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