extension

/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

noun

  1. 1

    The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase

  2. 2

    The state of being extended

  3. 3

    That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")

  4. 4

    A part of a building that has been extended from the original

  5. 5

    Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.

  6. 6

    A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

  7. 7

    The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

  8. 8

    An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.

  9. 9

    A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.

  10. 10

    A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.

  11. 11

    A file extension.

    Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
  12. 12

    An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.

    a browser extension
  13. 13

    The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.

  14. 14

    (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.

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