Extension

noun
ɪk'stɛnʃən

Noun

  • 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

    Type of:String
  • 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

    Type of:MeaningSubstance
  • amount or degree or range to which something extends

    the wire has an extension of 50 feet

    Similar:LengthinessProlongation
    Type of:Longness
  • 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

    Type of:DanceProperty
  • act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

    extension of the program to all in need

    Type of:ExpansionEnlargement
  • 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

    Type of:DelayHoldWait
  • an addition that extends a main building

    Similar:AnnexAnnexeWing
    Type of:ImproverAdd-onAddition
  • an addition to the length of something

    Similar:Elongation
    Type of:ImproverAdd-onAddition
  • the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

    Similar:Propagation
    Type of:AiringSpreadingDissemination
  • an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

    Type of:TelephonePhone
  • an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

    Type of:PedagogyEducationTeaching
  • act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

    Type of:Stretching

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