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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"

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"

act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

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"

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"

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"

act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

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.

The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; - correlative of intension.

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.

The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; - correlative of intension.

The act of reaching or stretching out; the state of being lengthened; enlargement.

1. The act of extending a limb. 2. The position of a limb that is extended. 3. A pulling or dragging force exerted on a limb in a direction away from the body.

Force used to reduce dislocation of a limb.

The act of extending or stretching: the state of being extended; enlargement; expansion: in physics and metaph. that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space; extension is an essential as well as a general property of matter, for it is impossible to form a conception of matter, however minute may be the particle, without connecting with it the idea of its having a certain bulk and occupying a certain quantity of space; every body, however small, must have length, breadth, and thickness-that is, it must possess the property of extension; figure or form is the result of extension, for we cannot conceive that a body has length, breadth, and thickness, without its having some kind of figure, however irregular: in surg. the act of pulling the broken part of a limb in a direction from the trunk, in order to bring the ends of the bone into their natural situation: in comm. a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt: in logic, the extent of the application of a general term, that is, the objects collectively which are included under it; sphere; compass; thus, the word figure is more extensive than triangle, circle, parallelogram, etc.; European more extensive than French, Frenchman, German, etc. Matter and mind are the most extensive terms of which any definite conception can be formed.

Act of extending; enlargement; prolongation; quality of occupying space.

The act of extending; extent.

An annex; addition.

The property of occupying space.

The act of extending; the state of being extended; enlargement in breadth or continuation in length; that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space in each of its three dimensions-length, breadth, and thickness; a written engagement on the part of creditors, allowing a debtor further time for the payment of his debts; the operation of straightening a limb that has been bent or dislocated; the range of the application of a term, in contrast to its comprehension. See Extend.

The act of enlarging or stretching out; enlargement; an essential property of bodies, because they must occupy a part of space however small.

An operation in surgery, in which either with the hands alone, or by straps, a fractured or luxated limb is pulled strongly, to restore it to its natural position. It is the opposite of Counter-extension.

The straightening of a flexed limh.

Traction on a fractured or dislocated limb.

A straightening, as of the limbs.

A stretching, as of a limb for reducing a fracture or a dislocation.

In obstetrics, a backward inclination of the head of the fetus by which the chin is thrown away from the sternum. [Lat.]

n. [Latin] Act of extending; a stretching state of being extended;—that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space;— a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

The act of extending; the state of being extended.