EXTENSION

extension

(noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; “extension of the program to all in need”

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; “the wire has an extension of 50 feet”

extension

(noun) 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”

reference, denotation, 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”

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; “most applications provide extensions for the files they create”; “most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS”

extension

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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