extension

Meanings

Plural: extensions

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"
• act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
  • "extension of the program to all in need"
• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
• an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
• act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
• 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"
• 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"
• 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"
• amount or degree or range to which something extends
  • "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
• an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
• an addition to the length of something
• an addition that extends a main building
• The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; 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 short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
• A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
• A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
• An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
• Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
• semantic widening, broadening of meaning
• 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 indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
• Ellipsis of file extension.
• An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
• The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
• A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
• The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
• University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
• Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.

Synonyms

annex, annexe, denotation, elongation, extension phone, extension service, file name extension, filename extension, lengthiness, prolongation, propagation, reference, telephone extension, university extension, wing

Antonyms

curl, flexion, limitation, shortening

Related Words

comprehension, extend, extense, extent, flexion, intension