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Definition of Extension
1. 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"
2. Noun. Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available. "Extension of the program to all in need"
Specialized synonyms: Spread, Spreading, Stretch
Derivative terms: Extend
3. Noun. The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.
Generic synonyms: Airing, Dissemination, Public Exposure, Spreading
Derivative terms: Propagate, Propagate
4. Noun. An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.
Generic synonyms: Didactics, Education, Educational Activity, Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching
Terms within: Extension Course
5. Noun. Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
Specialized synonyms: Hyperextension
Derivative terms: Extend
Antonyms: Flexion
6. 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 BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
Group relationships: Computer File Name, Computer Filename, File Name, Filename
Generic synonyms: String
7. 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"
Generic synonyms: Meaning, Substance
Derivative terms: Denote, Extensional, Refer, Refer, Referent
8. Noun. The ability to raise the working leg high in the air. "Good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"
9. Noun. Amount or degree or range to which something extends. "The wire has an extension of 50 feet"
Generic synonyms: Longness
Specialized synonyms: Coextension
Derivative terms: Prolong
10. Noun. An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.
Generic synonyms: Phone, Telephone, Telephone Set
11. Noun. An addition to the length of something.
12. Noun. An addition that extends a main building.
Generic synonyms: Add-on, Addition, Improver
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Ell
Derivative terms: Annex
Definition of Extension
1. n. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Definition of Extension
1. Noun. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion. ¹
2. Noun. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension") ¹
3. Noun. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension. ¹
4. Noun. (banking finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. ¹
5. Noun. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. ¹
6. Noun. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance. ¹
7. Noun. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward. ¹
8. Noun. (telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network. ¹
9. Noun. (computing) A file extension. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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