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EXTENSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
Example:
extension of the program to all in need
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
enlargement; expansion (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
spread; spreading (act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time)
stretch (extension to or beyond the ordinary limit)
Derivation:
extend (extend in scope or range or area)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
stretching (act of expanding by lengthening or widening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
hyperextension (greater than normal extension)
Antonym:
flexion (act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased)
Derivation:
extend (extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
Synonyms:
extension; extension service; university extension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
Meronyms (parts of "extension"):
extension course (a course offered as part of an extension service)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An addition that extends a main building
Synonyms:
annex; annexe; extension; wing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
ell (an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building)
Holonyms ("extension" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An addition to the length of something
Synonyms:
elongation; extension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Synonyms:
extension; extension phone; telephone extension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Amount or degree or range to which something extends
Example:
the wire has an extension of 50 feet
Synonyms:
extension; lengthiness; prolongation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
coextension (equality of extension or duration)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The ability to raise the working leg high in the air
Example:
good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
dance (an artistic form of nonverbal communication)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
Example:
the extension of 'satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
Synonyms:
denotation; extension; reference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
meaning; substance (the idea that is intended)
Derivation:
extensional (defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Synonyms:
extension; propagation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
airing; dissemination; public exposure; spreading (the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Example:
most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
Synonyms:
extension; file name extension; filename extension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
string (a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.))
Holonyms ("extension" is a part of...):
computer file name; computer filename; file name; filename ((computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Example:
they applied for an extension of the loan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait (time during which some action is awaited)
Context examples:
An extension of the ICD-9 created by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics so that the system could be used to capture more morbidity data.
(International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, NCI Thesaurus)
The tumor spread occurs via the hematogenous route or by direct extension from an adjacent anatomic site.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Adult Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
The vertical measurement or distance from the base to the top of an object; the vertical dimension of extension.
(Height, NCI Thesaurus)
The initial brief tonic phase is marked by trunk flexion followed by diffuse extension of the trunk and extremities.
(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A muscle originating at the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and inserted at the back base of the second metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and deviation of the wrist.
(Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding indicating the presence of protrusions or extensions in the basement membrane of the glomeruli.
(Glomerular Basement Membrane Spikes Present, NCI Thesaurus)
Its action involves the knee flexion and hip extension.
(Biceps Femoris, NCI Thesaurus)
Extension of the normal mucosa into and through the muscular wall and maintaining differentiation of the mucosal cell types.
(Mucosal Herniation of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
If you want more time to complete things, I feel you will only be able to get an extension to Friday, December 13.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The study, LEAP-On, is an extension of the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study.
(Benefits of peanut allergy prevention strategy persist after one-year peanut avoidance, NIH)
