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extension
[ ik-sten-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of extending, lengthening, stretching out, or enlarging the scope of something.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- the state of being extended, lengthened, or stretched out.
- that by which something is extended or enlarged; an addition:
a four-room extension to a house.
Synonyms: ,
- an additional period of time given one to meet an obligation:
My term paper wasn't finished so I asked for an extension.
Synonyms:
- something that is expandable or can be extended; an extended object:
a table with drop-leaf extensions.
- range or scope of extending; degree of extensiveness; extent:
the extension of our knowledge.
Synonyms:
- an additional telephone that operates on the principal line.
- Commerce. a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- Physics. that property of a body by which it occupies space.
- Anatomy.
- the act of straightening a limb.
- the position that a limb assumes when it is straightened.
- Surgery. the act of pulling the broken or dislocated part of a limb in a direction from the trunk, in order to bring the ends of the bone into their natural situation.
- Also called extent. Logic. the class of things to which a term is applicable, as “the class of such beings as Plato and Alexander” to which the term “man” is applicable. Compare intension ( def 5 ).
- Mathematics. a function having a domain that includes the domain of a given function and that has the same value as the given function at each point in the domain of the given function.
- Also called file extension. Computers. one or more characters at the end of a filename, usually following a period, used to indicate the type of file.
- Ѳè. the act of bringing or coming into an extended attitude.
adjective
- of or relating to extension courses.
extension
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of extending or the condition of being extended
- something that can be extended or that extends another object
- the length, range, etc, over which something is extended; extent
- an additional telephone set connected to the same telephone line as another set or other sets
- a room or rooms added to an existing building
- a delay, esp one agreed by all parties, in the date originally set for payment of a debt or completion of a contract
- the property of matter by which it occupies space; size
- the act of straightening or extending an arm or leg
- its position after being straightened or extended
- med a steady pull applied to a fractured or dislocated arm or leg to restore it to its normal position See also traction
- a service by which some of the facilities of an educational establishment, library, etc, are offered to outsiders
- ( as modifier )
a university extension course
- logic
- the class of entities to which a given word correctly applies: thus, the extension of satellite of Mars is the set containing only Deimos and Phobos Compare intension
- a formal theory that includes among its theorems all the theorems of a given theory
extension
/ ĭ-ĕ′ə /
- Mathematics.A set that includes a given and similar set as a subset.
- Computer Science.A set of characters that follow a filename and are separated from it by a period, used to identify the kind of file.
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٱȴDz·i·ٲ ·ٱsDz·· noun
- ·ٱsDz· adjective
- ·ٱsDz··ly adverb
- ·ٱsDz· adjective
- ԴDze·ٱsDz noun
- non·ٱsDz· adjective
- e·ٱsDz adjective
- p··ٱsDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of extension1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of extension1
Example Sentences
It was impossible to imagine City would offer an extension on the same £400,000-a-week terms.
US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country.
The extension of eligibility for those who were not terminally ill was in part a response to another court decision.
"It is highly unlikely that TikTok will go dark again. All signs point to a deal or another extension."
But the Trump administration has now twice revoked extensions of Temporary Protected Status by the Biden administration, first for Venezuelans and then for Haitians.
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