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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Extension \Ex*ten"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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. [1913 Webster] 3. (Logic & Metaph.) (a) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of {intension}. (b) 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. [1913 Webster] The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. --Abp. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. [1913 Webster] 5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from {flexion}. [1913 Webster] 6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. [1913 Webster] {Counter extension}. (Surg.) See under {Counter}. {Extension table}, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: extension n 1: 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" 2: act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need" 3: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: {propagation}, {extension}] 4: an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students [syn: {extension}, {extension service}, {university extension}] 5: act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [ant: {flexion}, {flexure}] 6: 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" [syn: {extension}, {filename extension}, {file name extension}] 7: 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" [syn: {reference}, {denotation}, {extension}] 8: 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" 9: amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: {extension}, {lengthiness}, {prolongation}] 10: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line [syn: {extension}, {telephone extension}, {extension phone}] 11: an addition to the length of something [syn: {elongation}, {extension}] 12: an addition that extends a main building [syn: {annex}, {annexe}, {extension}, {wing}]