Sentences with 'dilation'

Example sentences and phrases with the word dilation and other words derived from it.

• « Varicose veins are a permanent dilation of a vein, caused by the accumulation of blood in its cavity. »

• « If a spacecraft travelling at the speed of light were to be achieved, Einstein calculated that its crew members would age seven times slower than the colleagues and relatives they left behind on Earth, due to a phenomenon of time dilation. »