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What is thermal expansion?

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Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature, through heat transfer. On the basis of dimension of expansion or compression of matter, it is classified as linear expansion, areal expansion, and volumetric expansion.

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