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extension

გამოთქმა: /ɪkˈstɛnʃ(ə)n, ɛk-/

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  • 1a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it:the railway’s southern extension
  • a room or rooms added to an existing building: they hope to demolish the store and build a bar extension
  • (extensions) lengths of artificial hair woven into a person’s own hair to create a very long hairstyle.
  • [mass noun] the action or process of enlarging or extending something:the extension of the President’s powers
  • an application of an existing system or activity to a new area:direct marketing is an extension of telephone selling
  • an additional period of time given to someone to hold office or fulfil an obligation: the initial term of appointment is for one year, but an extension of two years is envisaged
  • British permission granted to licensed premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks until later than usual: drinks were served until the early hours of the morning, without any extension having been granted
  • Computing an optional suffix to a filename, typically consisting of a full stop followed by several characters, indicating the file’s content or function.
  • 2 (British also extension lead or cable; US also extension cord) a length of electric cable which permits the use of appliances at some distance from a fixed socket.
  • 3a subsidiary telephone on the same line as the main one: you can listen on the extension in the bedroom
  • a subsidiary telephone in a large building, on a line leading from the main switchboard but having its own additional number: contact Liz McDonald on extension 3514
  • 4 [mass noun] the action of moving a limb from a bent to a straight position:seizures with sudden rigid extension of the limbs
  • Ballet the ability of a dancer to raise one leg above their waist, especially to the side:she has amazing extension
  • Medicine the application of traction to a fractured or dislocated limb or to an injured spinal column to restore it to its normal position.
  • the lengthening of a horse’s stride at a particular pace.
  • 5 [as modifier] denoting instruction by a university or college arranged for people who are not full-time students:a postgraduate extension course
  • 6 Logic the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains. Often contrasted with intension.
  • 7 Physics & Philosophy the property of occupying space:nature, for Descartes, was pure extension in space

by extension

taking the same line of argument further:the study shows how television and, by extension, the media, alter political relationships

extensional

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