- extension
- extension [ek sten′shən]n.[ME extensioun < L extensio < pp. of extendere: see EXTEND]1. an extending or being extended2. the amount or degree to which something is or can be extended; range; extent3. a part that forms a continuation or addition [an extension to a factory]4. an extra period of time allowed a debtor for making payment5. a branch of a university for students who cannot attend the university proper6. an extra telephone connected to the same line as the main telephone7.a) the straightening of a flexed limbb) traction applied to a fractured or dislocated limb so as to bring it into its normal position8. Balleta) the act or an instance of extending either leg at any angle from the bodyb) the capability of a dancer to so extend a leg, specif. at a difficult angle for a period of time9. Commercea) an amount on an invoice calculated by multiplying quantity by priceb) the calculation of such an amount10. Logic the class of all particular objects to which a term refers; denotation: cf. INTENSION (sense 4)11. Physics that property of a body by which it occupies spaceadj.☆ designating a device that can be extended or that extends something else [extension ladder, extension cord]extensionaladj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.