Extension : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Extension	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Extension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extension n 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 Synonym(s): propagation, extension an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students Synonym(s): extension, extension service, university extension act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb Antonym(s): flexion, flexure 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" Synonym(s): extension, filename extension, file name extension 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" Synonym(s): reference, denotation, extension 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" Synonym(s): extension, lengthiness, prolongation an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line Synonym(s): extension, telephone extension, extension phone an addition to the length of something Synonym(s): elongation, extension an addition that extends a main building Synonym(s): annex, annexe, extension, wing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extension \Exten"sion\, n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See {Extend}, v. t.] 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. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton. The extension* of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. --Abp. Thomson. 4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. 5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion. 6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. {Counter extension}. (Surg.) See under {Counter}. {Extension table}, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Extension, LA Zip code(s): 71239
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
extension 1. {filename extension}. 2. A {feature} or piece of {code} which {extends} a program's {functionality}, e.g. a {plug-in}. (1997-06-21)