ex-tensity

ex·ten·si·ty

[ik-sten-si-tee]
noun
1.
the quality of having extension.
2.
Psychology. the attribute of sensation from which the perception of spatial extension is developed.

Origin:
1825–35; < Latin extēns(us) (see extensive) + -ity

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extensity (ɪkˈstɛnsɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  psychol that part of sensory perception relating to the spatial aspect of objects
2.  rare the condition of being extensive or extended

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Ex-tensity is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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