n.
- the action or process of extending.
▸an additional period of time given to someone to hold office or fulfil an obligation.
▸Brit. permission granted to licensed premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks until later than usual.
- a part added to something to enlarge or prolong it.
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(extensions)
lengths of long artificial hair woven into a person's own hair.
- a subsidiary telephone, especially one with its own additional number on a line leading from a main switchboard.
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(Brit. also extension lead or cable US also extension cord)
a length of electric cable which enables appliances to be used at a distance from a fixed socket.
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[as modifier]
denoting instruction by a university or college for those who are not full-time students.
- the extending of a limb from a bent to a straight position.
▸Ballet the ability of a dancer to raise one leg above the waist, especially to the side.
- Logic the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains. Often contrasted with intension.
- Physics & Philosophy the property of occupying space.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from late L. extensio(n-), from extendere (see extend).
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