ʃən noun
1.
an act or instance of extending.
2.
the state of being extended.
3.
that by which something is extended; an addition: a four-room extension to a house.
4.
an additional period of time given one to meet an obligation: My term paper wasn't finished so I asked for an extension.
5.
something that can be extended; an extended object: a table with drop-leaf extensions.
6.
range of extending; degree of extensiveness; extent: the extension of our knowledge.
7.
an additional telephone that operates on the principal line.
8.
Commerce. a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
9.
Physics. that property of a body by which it occupies space.
10.
Anatomy.
a.
the act of straightening a limb.
b.
the position that a limb assumes when it is straightened.
11.
Surgery. the act of pulling the broken or dislocated part of a limb in a direction from the trunk, in order to bring the ends of the bone into their natural situation.
12.
13.
Mathematics. a function having a domain that includes the domain of a given function and that has the same value as the given function at each point in the domain of the given function.
14.
Also called file extension. Computers. one or more characters at the end of a filename, usually following a period, used to indicate the type of file.
15.
Manège. the act of bringing or coming into an extended attitude.
adjective
16.
of or pertaining to extension courses.
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Extensionless
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Related forms
ex·ten·sion·al·i·ty, ex·ten·sion·al·ism, noun
ex·ten·sion·al, adjective
ex·ten·sion·al·ly, adverb
ex·ten·sion·less, adjective
non·ex·ten·sion, noun
Synonyms
1. stretching, expansion, enlargement, increase, dilation. 3. lengthening, protraction, continuation. 4. delay. 6. limit.
1. stretching, expansion, enlargement, increase, dilation. 3. lengthening, protraction, continuation. 4. delay. 6. limit.
Antonyms
1. contraction.
1. contraction.
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extension (ɪkˈstɛnʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of extending or the condition of being extended |
| 2. | something that can be extended or that extends another object |
| 3. | the length, range, etc, over which something is extended; extent |
| 4. | an additional telephone set connected to the same telephone line as another set or other sets |
| 5. | a room or rooms added to an existing building |
| 6. | a delay, esp one agreed by all parties, in the date originally set for payment of a debt or completion of a contract |
| 7. | the property of matter by which it occupies space; size |
| 8. | a. the act of straightening or extending an arm or leg |
| b. its position after being straightened or extended | |
| 9. | med See also traction a steady pull applied to a fractured or dislocated arm or leg to restore it to its normal position |
| 10. | a. a service by which some of the facilities of an educational establishment, library, etc, are offered to outsiders |
| b. (as modifier): a university extension course | |
| 11. | logic |
| a. Compare intension the class of entities to which a given word correctly applies: thus, the extension of satellite of Mars is the set containing only Deimos and Phobos | |
| b. conservative extension a formal theory that includes among its theorems all the theorems of a given theory | |
| [C14: from Late Latin extensiō a stretching out; see | |
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Word Origin & History
extension
c.1400, from L. extensionem/extentionem, noun of action from extendere. In a concrete sense, "extended portion of something" (a railroad, etc.), from 1852. Telephone sense is from 1906
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Medical Dictionary
extension ex·ten·sion (ĭk-stěn'shən)
n.
Abbr. ext.
The act of straightening or extending a flexed limb.
A pulling or dragging force exerted on a limb in a distal direction.
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Science Dictionary
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