An article published in Harvard Menâs Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
EXTENSION
extension
(noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; âextension of the program to all in needâ
extension
(noun) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
extension, extension service, university extension
(noun) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
annex, annexe, extension, wing
(noun) an addition that extends a main building
elongation, extension
(noun) an addition to the length of something
extension, telephone extension, extension phone
(noun) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
extension, lengthiness, prolongation
(noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends; âthe wire has an extension of 50 feetâ
extension
(noun) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; âthe dancer was praised for her uncanny extensionâ; âgood extension comes from a combination of training and native abilityâ
reference, denotation, extension
(noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; âthe extension of âsatellite of Marsâ is the set containing only Demos and Phobosâ
propagation, extension
(noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
extension, filename extension, file name extension
(noun) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; âmost applications provide extensions for the files they createâ; âmost BASIC files use the filename extension .BASâ
extension
(noun) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; âthey applied for an extension of the loanâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
extension (countable and uncountable, plural extensions)
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
The state of being extended
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
A part of a building that has been extended from the original
(semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
(banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
(medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
(weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
(fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
(telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
(computing) A file extension.
(computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
(logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
(grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
Synonyms
• (semantics): denotation
Antonyms
• (act of extending): shortening
• (exercise): curl
Anagrams
• in extenso
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ten"sion, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. (Logic & Metaph.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5. (Physiol.)
Definition: The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6. (Com.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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