extension in English dictionary

  • extension

    Meanings and definitions of "extension"

    • The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
    • That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
    • (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
    • (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
    • (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
    • (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
    • (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
    • (telecommunications) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
    • (computing) A file extension.
    • noun
      The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
    • noun
      That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
    • noun
      (semantics)
      Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
    • noun
      (banking, finance)
      A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
    • noun
      (medicine)
      The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
    • noun
      (weightlifting)
      An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
    • noun
      (fencing)
      A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
    • noun
      (telecommunications)
      A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
    • noun
      (computing)
      A file extension.
    • noun
      (computing)
      An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
    • noun
      (logic)
      The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
    • A set of characters added to the end of a file name that identifies the file type or format.
    • finance: written engagement on the part of a creditor
    • medicine: operation of stretching a broken bone
    • weightlifting: an exercise
    • telecommunication: phone extension number
    • act of extending or the state of being extended
    • anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space
    • semantics: capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects
    • A computer program that is not useful in its own right but designed to be incorporated in another piece of software.
    • The act of extending or the state of being extended
    • extension (of time)
    • (telephone) extension
    • noun
      act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"
    • noun
      act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
    • noun
      amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
    • noun
      an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
    • noun
      an addition that extends a main building
    • noun
      an addition to the length of something
    • noun
      an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
    • noun
      a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan"
    • noun
      a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
    • noun
      the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"
    • noun
      the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
    • noun
      the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

    Synonyms of "extension" in English dictionary

    hold, wing, time lag are the top synonyms of "extension" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "extension" in English dictionary

    flexion is the antonym of "extension" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of extension

    • extension ( plural  extensions)
    • extension (countable and uncountable, plural extensions)
  • Extension

    Meanings and definitions of "extension"

    • Extension (Mozilla)

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