extension
Meaning of extension
noun
- a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it.
the railway's southern extension
- a length of electric cable which permits the use of appliances at some distance from a fixed socket.
- a subsidiary telephone on the same line as the main one.
you can listen on the extension in the bedroom
- the action of moving a limb from a bent to a straight position.
seizures with sudden rigid extension of the limbs
- denoting instruction by a university or college arranged for people who are not full-time students.
a postgraduate extension course
- the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains.
- the property of occupying space.
nature, for Descartes, was pure extension in space
late Middle English: from late Latin extensio(n- ), from extendere ‘stretch out’ (see extend).
Information about extension
- It is a name.
- The plural form of extension is: extensions.
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Hyphenation of extension
ex-ten-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- extension is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
extension synonyms
Meaning propagation:
Meaning reference:
Meaning lengthiness:
Meaning elongation:
Meaning annex:
Meaning a person or thing added or joined:
Meaning a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part:
Meaning an item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication:
Meaning the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount:
Meaning a thing added to something else in order to complete or enhance it:
Meaning a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important:
Meaning a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document:
Meaning a former measure of length (equivalent to six hand breadths) used mainly for textiles, locally variable but typically about 45 inches in England and 37 inches in Scotland:
Translation of extension
- Spanish: extensión
- French: prorogation, moratoire, extension
- German: Stundung, Erweiterung
- Italian: proroga, moratoria, estensione
Words that rhyme with extension
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