Extension
[ɪk'stenʃ(ə)n;ek-] or [ɪk'stɛnʃən]
Definition
(noun.) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; 'extension of the program to all in need'.
(noun.) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
(noun.) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.
(noun.) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.
(noun.) amount or degree or range to which something extends; 'the wire has an extension of 50 feet'.
(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'.
(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'.
(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'.
Editor: Philip--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
(v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
(v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
(v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
(v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
(v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Inputed by Lawrence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Expansion, dilatation, enlargement, increase, augmentation.
Checked by Brady
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXTEND_and_SPACE]
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- Yes, I said; and there are many other things which must also have a similar extension given to them, if our legislation is to be of any value. Plato. The Republic.
- Thought, therefore, and extension are qualities wholly incompatible, and never can incorporate together into one subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If it be conjoined with the extension, it must exist somewhere within its dimensions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Extension must necessarily be considered either as coloured, which is a false idea; I or as solid, which brings us back to the first question. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This extension of power can almost be believed in at such moments. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore more time had to be spent in obtaining an extension of the patent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Extension of Meaning of Primary Activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When the slate bed is laid, the slabs, doweled as the leaves of an extension dining table, are fitted together and screwed to the frame. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We see this in the recent extension over parts of the United States of one species of swallow having caused the decrease of another species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The cotton passed through the two pairs of rollers, and its extension depended entirely on the difference in the velocity of the revolutions of the two pairs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And to cut short all disputes, the very idea of extension is copyed from nothing but an impression, and consequently must perfectly agree to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He announced that the United States would regard any extension of the European system in the Western Hemisphere as a hostile act. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The table before me is alone sufficient by its view to give me the idea of extension. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- To say the idea of extension agrees to any thing, is to say it is extended. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Our present splendid machine shops, gun shops, locomotive works, typewriter and bicycle factories, are examples of the wonderful extensions of this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Both Hussey and McCormick asked for extensions of their patents, but they failed to get them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The gills of crustaceans, such as the crabs which run about in the air, are protected by the gill-cover extensions of the back shell or carapace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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