Concept in Definition ABC

Expansion is a word that refers to the growth process of something. In multiple senses and contexts the idea of ​​expansion is used. Ideas expand and so does economy of a country, a company or the farming when a culture it spreads over wide territories.

To say that something expands and, consequently, grows, does not necessarily mean that it is something positive. A pest can spread and even a nation can do it. This last case is frequent in the history of humanity. There have been nations that have grown conquering other peoples and for them the process has not been positive, since they have been invaded. If one nation occupies the territories of another, it is said that there is a threat expansionist, something really worrisome.

In the economy, expansion occurs when companies create higher indices of wealth and the whole of the population can purchase a greater quantity of goods and services. In these circumstances we speak of a period of economic expansion. Also in the economy, expansion has negative connotations in some circumstances. In the monopoly phenomenon, a company grows to the point of having majority control of a specific market and its competitors play a residual role. It is a positive situation for the expanding company, negative for the competitors and will undoubtedly affect consumers who will have fewer options to choose one product or another.

It is in the realm of astronomy where the phenomenon of expansion is scientifically studied. Since the human being observes the reality of the universe that surrounds him, he has wondered if the universe is static or if it is expanding. The latest research has shown through powerful telescopes that there are gravitational waves that are the evident proof that after the initial explosion of the Universe (the so-called Big Band), it began to expand.

Almost any reality can be subject to expansion and in some way everything is, because we are part of the Universe that is expanding even though we do not appreciate it.