Expansion
Expansion noun - Something added (as by growth).
Innovation and expansion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Innovation" instead a noun "Expansion".
Innovation
Innovation noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.
Expansion and innovation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expansion" instead a noun "Innovation".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human expansion | human innovation |
| original | original expansion | original innovation |
| single | single expansion | single innovation |
| actual | actual expansion | actual innovation |
| Other adjectives: constant, great, slow, main, new, major, final, military, further, last, latest, recent, soviet, technological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- That in turn is part of his plan (Thanatos Gambit, actually) to get humanity to save itself through expansion and innovation, making him a Necessarily Evil form of this.
Source: Path of Inspiration - However, both the Satsuma and the South Carolina lacked the other, less famous innovation of the Dreadnought: the use of steam turbines instead of triple-expansion steam engines, which made it faster by about 3-4 knots.
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Part of the evolution of Tau technology between the various editions of their codex (explained as actual technological innovation — practically unheard of by anyone else in the setting — between eras of expansion) has their mecha trending towards this.
Source: Impossibly Graceful Giant
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