Extension Meaning and Definition

Word: Extension

How to pronounce: ɪksˈtenʃn

Noun

Definitions:

1. A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it; a continuation.

Example sentences: "The railroad's southern extension"

2. A length of electric cord that permits the use of an appliance at some distance from a fixed socket.

Example sentences: "Floodwaters have caused much damage and several extensions and additional pieces of equipment are urgently needed."

3. An extra telephone on the same line as the main one.

Example sentences: "You can listen on the extension in the bedroom"

4. The action of moving a limb from a bent to a straight position.

Example sentences: "Seizures with sudden rigid extension of the limbs"

5. Instruction by a university or college for students who do not attend full time.

Example sentences: "Extension courses"

6. The range of a term or concept as measured by the objects that it denotes or contains, as opposed to its internal content.

Example sentences: "To make sure that the extension of the definiens matches that of the definiendum, Beardsley thinks, the second disjunct of the definition is needed."

7. The property of occupying space; spatial magnitude.

Example sentences: "Nature, for Descartes, was pure extension in space"

Synonyms:

expansion

enlargement

continuation

propagation

renewal

prolongation

elongation

lengthening

stretching

lengthiness

length

extension piece

extension lead

extension part

extension bar

lengthener

attachable

file name extension

annex

additional

addon

addition

wing

annexe

Antonyms:

reduction

major

main

decrease

Derivations:

extending

extended

extendable

extensible

extensile

extensive

extensibility

extender

extensor

extent

extend

extensively

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Extension in Other Languages...

Spanish: Ampliación

German: Erweiterung

French: Extension

Italian: Estensione

Turkish: Uzantı