extensile, extensible
(adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out; “an extensile tongue”; “an extensible measuring rule”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
extensible (comparative more extensible, superlative most extensible)
Capable of being extended.
• extendible
• extendable
• inextensible
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ten"si*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.]
Definition: Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
