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extension
[ ik-sten-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of extending, lengthening, stretching out, or enlarging the scope of something.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- the state of being extended, lengthened, or stretched out.
- that by which something is extended or enlarged; an addition:
a four-room extension to a house.
Synonyms: ,
- an additional period of time given one to meet an obligation:
My term paper wasn't finished so I asked for an extension.
Synonyms:
- something that is expandable or can be extended; an extended object:
a table with drop-leaf extensions.
- range or scope of extending; degree of extensiveness; extent:
the extension of our knowledge.
Synonyms:
- an additional telephone that operates on the principal line.
- Commerce. a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- Physics. that property of a body by which it occupies space.
- Anatomy.
- the act of straightening a limb.
- the position that a limb assumes when it is straightened.
- Surgery. the act of pulling the broken or dislocated part of a limb in a direction from the trunk, in order to bring the ends of the bone into their natural situation.
- Also called extent. Logic. the class of things to which a term is applicable, as “the class of such beings as Plato and Alexander” to which the term “man” is applicable. Compare intension ( def 5 ).
- Mathematics. a function having a domain that includes the domain of a given function and that has the same value as the given function at each point in the domain of the given function.
- Also called file extension. Computers. one or more characters at the end of a filename, usually following a period, used to indicate the type of file.
- Ѳè. the act of bringing or coming into an extended attitude.
adjective
- of or relating to extension courses.
extension
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of extending or the condition of being extended
- something that can be extended or that extends another object
- the length, range, etc, over which something is extended; extent
- an additional telephone set connected to the same telephone line as another set or other sets
- a room or rooms added to an existing building
- a delay, esp one agreed by all parties, in the date originally set for payment of a debt or completion of a contract
- the property of matter by which it occupies space; size
- the act of straightening or extending an arm or leg
- its position after being straightened or extended
- med a steady pull applied to a fractured or dislocated arm or leg to restore it to its normal position See also traction
- a service by which some of the facilities of an educational establishment, library, etc, are offered to outsiders
- ( as modifier )
a university extension course
- logic
- the class of entities to which a given word correctly applies: thus, the extension of satellite of Mars is the set containing only Deimos and Phobos Compare intension
- a formal theory that includes among its theorems all the theorems of a given theory
extension
/ ĭ-ĕ′ə /
- Mathematics.A set that includes a given and similar set as a subset.
- Computer Science.A set of characters that follow a filename and are separated from it by a period, used to identify the kind of file.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱȴDz·i·ٲ ·ٱsDz·· noun
- ·ٱsDz· adjective
- ·ٱsDz··ly adverb
- ·ٱsDz· adjective
- ԴDze·ٱsDz noun
- non·ٱsDz· adjective
- e·ٱsDz adjective
- p··ٱsDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of extension1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of extension1
Example Sentences
The move aimed at celebrating natural African beauty has sparked a lively debate across the country, where wigs and extensions are popular.
But legal experts say the law only allows for one 90-day extension of the deadline if a deal has been made and Congress has been notified.
It was impossible to imagine City would offer an extension on the same £400,000-a-week terms.
US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country.
The extension of eligibility for those who were not terminally ill was in part a response to another court decision.
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