Found 3 items, similar to Extension.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: extension
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: extension
extension
n 1: 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: act of expanding in scope; making more widely available;
“extension of the program to all in need”
3: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new
regions [syn:
propagation]
4: an educational opportunity provided by colleges and
universities to people who not enrolled as regular
students [syn:
extension service,
university extension]
5: act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [ant:
flexion]
6: a string of characters beginning with a period and followed
by one to three 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” [syn:
filename extension,
file name extension
]
7: 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" [syn:
reference,
denotation]
8: 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”
9: amount or degree or range to which something extends;
“the
wire has an extension of 50 feet” [syn:
lengthiness,
prolongation]
10: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same
telephone line [syn:
telephone extension,
extension phone
]
11: an addition to the length of something [syn:
elongation]
12: an addition that extends a main building [syn:
annex,
annexe,
wing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Extension
Extension
\Ex*ten"sion\, n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See
Extend, v. t.]
1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a
stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of
length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
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2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a
portion of space.
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3. (Logic & Metaph.)
(a) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a
greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative
of
intension.
(b) the class or set of objects to which a term refers; --
contrasted with
intension, the logical specification
which defines members of a class, being the set of
attributes which are necessary and sufficient to
recognize an object as a member of the class.
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The law is that the intension of our knowledge
is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
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The extension of [the term] plant is greater
than that of geranium, because it includes more
objects. --Abp.
Thomson.
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4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to
bring the fragments into the same straight line.
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5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction
from
flexion.
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6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor,
allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
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Counter extension. (Surg.) See under
Counter.
Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily
extended or contracted in length.
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