extension
/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/
Dictionary
noun
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
- The state of being extended
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
- A part of a building that has been extended from the original
- Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- A file extension.
"Files with the .txt extension usually contain text."
- An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
"a browser extension"
- The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
Synonyms:denotation
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