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Universal
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
