I do Latin translation - expansion is the result (8)

I believe the answer is:

dilation

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'expansion is the result' is the definition.
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'i do latin translation' is the wordplay.
'translation' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'do'+'latin'='idolatin'
'idolatin' anagrammed gives 'DILATION'.

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(Another definition for dilation that I've seen is " spread".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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