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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"

3. Noun. The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.

4. Noun. An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.

5. Noun. Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.

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"

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"

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"

10. Noun. An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.

11. Noun. An addition to the length of something.

12. Noun. An addition that extends a main building.

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

Definition of Extension

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Extension

1. 1. The movement by which the two elements of any jointed part are drawn away from each other. 2. A movement which brings the members of a limb into or toward a straight relation. Origin: L. Extensio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extension

extenders extendibility extendible extending extendlessness extends extense extensibilities extensibility extensible

extensibleness extensification extensile extensin extensins extension (current term) extension agent extension block extension bridge extension cable

extension cables extension cord extension course extension form extension ladder extension phone extension service extensional extensional definition extensionality

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