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Extension

Extension Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Extension? [n] act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need" [n] act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [n] an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students [n] an addition that extends a main building [n] an addition to the length of something [n] an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line [n] amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [n] the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" [n] the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [n] a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Extension: annex \| annexe \| denotation \| elongation \| extension phone \| extension service \| lengthiness \| prolongation \| propagation \| reference \| telephone extension \| university extension \| wing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Extension: access \| accession \| accessory \| accompaniment \| accretion \| accrual \| accruement \| accumulation \| acreage \| addenda \| addendum \| additament \| addition \| additive \| additory \| additum \| adjunct \| adjuvant \| advance \| affective meaning \| aggrandizement \| alternate \| alternative school \| ambit \| ampliation \| amplification \| amplitude \| annex \| annexation \| appanage \| appendage \| appendant \| appendix \| appreciation \| appurtenance \| appurtenant \| area \| arm \| ascent \| attachment \| augment \| augmentation \| ballooning \| bearing \| bigness \| blab school \| bloating \| block \| boarding school \| body \| boom \| boost \| breadth \| broadening \| buildup \| bulk \| caliber \| call box \| capacity \| central school \| coda \| 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grammatical meaning \| greatening \| greatness \| growth \| gush \| height \| hike \| hiking \| idea \| impact \| implication \| import \| increase \| increment \| infinite space \| infinity \| inflation \| informal school \| intension \| interstellar space \| jump \| L \| largeness \| leap \| length \| lengthening \| lengthiness \| lexical meaning \| line \| lineage \| linear measures \| lingering \| literal meaning \| logical sequence \| long time \| longitude \| longness \| magnification \| magnitude \| maintenance \| mass \| meaning \| measure \| measurement \| mileage \| mounting \| mouthpiece \| multiplication \| night school \| nongraded school \| nothingness \| offshoot \| open classroom school \| orbit \| order \| order of succession \| outer space \| overall length \| overtone \| pay station \| pendant \| pensionat \| perpetuation \| perpetuity \| perseverance \| persistence \| pertinence \| phone \| pith \| platoon school \| point \| posteriority \| postposition \| practical 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\| stringing out \| structural meaning \| subjunction \| substance \| succession \| successiveness \| suffixation \| sum \| sum and substance \| summer school \| superficial extension \| supplement \| surface \| surge \| sustained action \| sustenance \| sweep \| swelling \| symbolic meaning \| tailpiece \| telephone \| telephone booth \| telephone engineering \| telephone extension \| telephone mechanics \| telephone receiver \| telephonics \| telephony \| tenor \| tension \| totality of associations \| tract \| transferred meaning \| transmitter \| tumescence \| unadorned meaning \| undergirding \| undertone \| uninterrupted course \| union school \| unremittingness \| up \| upping \| upsurge \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| vacation school \| value \| volume \| wall telephone \| waxing \| way \| widening \| width \| wing \| yardage See Also \| addition \| airing \| building \| delay \| dissemination \| edifice \| education \| educational activity \| ell \| enlargement \| expansion \| extension course \| hold \| hyperextension \| improver \| instruction \| longness \| meaning \| pedagogy \| phone \| postponement \| public exposure \| spread \| spreading \| spreading \| stretch \| stretching \| substance \| teaching \| telephone \| telephone set \| time lag \| wait Extension In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ten"sion\, n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See {Extend}, v. t.] 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion. 2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. 3. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton. The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. --Abp. Thomson. 4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. 5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion. 6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. {Counter extension}. (Surg.) See under {Counter}. {Extension table}, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.

Extension Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extension?

[n] act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"
[n] act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
[n] an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students
[n] an addition that extends a main building
[n] an addition to the length of something
[n] an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
[n] amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
[n] the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
[n] the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
[n] a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan"

Extension In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ten"sion\, n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See
{Extend}, v. t.]
1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a
   stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of
   length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a
   portion of space.

3. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to
   include a greater or smaller number of objects; --
   correlative of intension.

         The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in
         the inverse ratio of its extension.   --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.

         The extension of [the term] plant is greater than
         that of geranium, because it includes more objects.
                                               --Abp.
                                               Thomson.

4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to
   bring the fragments into the same straight line.

5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction
   from flexion.

6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor,
   allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

{Counter extension}. (Surg.) See under {Counter}.

{Extension table}, a table so constructed as to be readily
   extended or contracted in length.

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