'Extension' definitions:

Definition of 'extension'

(from WordNet)
noun
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"
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Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"
noun
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: propagation, extension]
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An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students [syn: extension, extension service, university extension]
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Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [ant: flexion, flexure]
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A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS" [syn: extension, filename extension, file name extension]
noun
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" [syn: reference, denotation, extension]
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The ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"
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Amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: extension, lengthiness, prolongation]
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An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line [syn: extension, telephone extension, extension phone]
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An addition to the length of something [syn: elongation, extension]
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An addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing]

Definition of 'Extension'

From: GCIDE
  • Extension \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Logic & Metaph.) (a) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. (b) the class or set of objects to which a term refers; -- contrasted with intension, the logical specification which defines members of a class, being the set of attributes which are necessary and sufficient to recognize an object as a member of the class. [1913 Webster]
  • The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. --Abp. Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. [1913 Webster]
  • Counter extension. (Surg.) See under Counter.
  • Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'extension'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Extension'