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extensive

adj
/ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/CA/ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/US/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

  1. derived from extensus
  2. derived from extensīvus

Definitions

  1. Having a great extent

    Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.

  2. Considerable in amount.

    • I have done extensive research on the subject.

  3. Serving to extend or lengthen

    Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent…

      Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

      • According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.

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Derived

antiextensive, coextensive, co-extensive, extensive form game, extensively, extensiveness, extensive property, extensivity, nonextensive, overextensive, subextensive, superextensive, ultraextensive, unextensive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at extensive. 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.

01extensive02vast03desolate04inhabitants05inhabitant06resident07hospital

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

7 hops · closes at extensive

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