concept expansion
nounConcept expansion is when you take a big idea and make it bigger by adding more details.
The teacher used concept expansion to turn our small idea about plants into a whole garden project.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In search technology, concept expansion means adding related terms to a search so it finds more results.
The search engine used concept expansion to include 'puppy' when I searched for 'dog'.
3. In learning, concept expansion is growing your understanding of a topic by connecting new facts to what you already know.
Reading more books led to concept expansion in her knowledge of space.
4. In design, concept expansion is taking one early sketch and turning it into many different versions.
The artist's concept expansion turned a simple drawing into a full comic strip.