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Definition: Extension table
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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