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extension

noun
/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.

  1. derived from extensiō
  2. derived from estension
  3. inherited from extensioun

Definitions

  1. The act of extending

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

    • Next month the house is undergoing an extension.
    • Due to the unforeseen circumstances, you are allowed an extension of two weeks to complete the task.

  2. The state of being extended.

  3. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g.…

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

  4. ›+ 18 more definitions

    1. A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.

    2. A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.

    3. A part of a building that has been added onto the original.

    4. An outgrowth

      An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.

      • Parents who treat their children as an extension of themselves
      • My research is an extension of the work of my mentor.
      • In smaller communities, the public schools are virtual extensions of each town's chief religion — "educating" kids to all the prejudices of that belief.

    5. Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects

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

      • Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.

    6. semantic widening, broadening of meaning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    12. Ellipsis of file extension.

      • Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
      • If you plan to plot data with error bars, you must name them with an. ERR extension. Failure to do so will crash the system, and you will lose your precious work.

    13. An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.

      • Near-synonym: plugin
      • a browser extension

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

    15. A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.

    16. The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given…

      The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.

    17. University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose…

      University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.

    18. Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.

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Derived

agricultural extension, algebraic extension, back extension, Buck's extension, by extension, coextension, conservative extension, convergent extension, counterextension, curb extension, demarc extension, extensional, extension block, extension cable, extension cord, extension field, extensionist, extension ladder, extension lead, extensionless, extension reel, Extension Scout, extension table, extensograph, field extension, file extension, filename extension, flexoextension, flextension, Galois extension, hair extension, horizontal extension, hyperextension, inextension, Kan extension, leg extension, life extension, metaphorical extension, nonextension, normal extension · +14 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at extension. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at extension. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at extension

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA