Extension
Extension , noun
[Latin extensio: compare French extension. See Extend, transitive verb]
1.
The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2.
(Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3.
(a) (Logic & Metaphysics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
(b)
(Logic & Metaphysics) the class or set of objects to which a term refers; -- contrasted with intension, the logical specification which defines members of a class, being the set of attributes which are necessary and sufficient to recognize an object as a member of the class.
The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects.
4.
(Surgery) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5.
(Physiology) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6.
(Commerce) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Collocations (2)
Extension table , a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.