Usually means: Allows movement, accommodates thermal expansion.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. expansion joint: Merriam-Webster
  2. expansion joint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. expansion joint: Collins English Dictionary
  4. expansion joint: Wordnik
  5. expansion joint: Wiktionary
  6. expansion joint: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Expansion joint, expansion joint: Dictionary.com
  8. Expansion joint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. expansion joint: FreeDictionary.org
  10. expansion joint: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. expansion joint: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

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  3. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  4. Expansion joint: Construction Glossary
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  6. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  7. EXPANSION JOINT: Power Engineering

Definitions from Wiktionary (expansion joint)

noun:  (construction) A structural separation between two building elements that allows free movement between the elements without damage to the system.

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