<B>extend, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to stretch out. <BR> <I>Ex. to extend your hand.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to continue or prolong in time, space, or direction. <BR> <I>Ex. He is extending his vacation another week.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to widen; enlarge. <BR> <I>Ex. The works have been extended several times.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to enlarge the scope or application of; increase. <BR> <I>Ex. They plan to extend their research in this field.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to hold out to others; offer; give; grant. <BR> <I>Ex. This organization extends help to poor people.</I> <DD><B> 6a. </B>to exert (oneself); strain. <DD><B> b. </B>to cause to put out greater or maximum effort. <BR> <I>Ex. The competition was not strong enough to extend him.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to increase the time allowed for (the payment of a debt) beyond the date originally agreed to. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>(Especially British.) to assess or value (lands, etc.). <DD><B> b. </B>to take possession of (land) by a writ of extent; levy upon. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Obsolete.) to take possession of by force. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Obsolete.) to exaggerate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to stretch out in one or all directions; continue in time, space, or direction. <BR> <I>Ex. a road that extends to New York. The beach extends for miles in both directions. The conference extends from Wednesday to Saturday.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to become longer or larger; increase in length or size. <BR> <I>Ex. The area of desert is extending.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to have a specified range, scope, or application. <BR> <I>Ex. His kindness extends to all.</I> </DL>
<B>extended coverage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the extension of an insurance policy to afford protection not only against a primary hazard, such as fire, but also against other specified risks, such as explosion or windstorm. <BR> <I>Ex. An owner may have an adequate amount of fire insurance, but he will not be protected against other hazards unless the fire insurance policy carries an extended coverage or other suitable endorsement (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>extended family,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a family and its near relatives, such as grandparents and married sons and their families, living together usually under the authority of the eldest male. Extended families are common among the nomadic and farming peoples of southwestern Asia. </DL>
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<B>extender, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that extends. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cheap, plentiful material added to an expensive or scarce material to make it last longer. <BR> <I>Ex. Extenders or fillers are mixed with paint bases to make them go further.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a chemical added to an insecticide in order to increase the period of its effectiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. When one of these extenders, methyl ethyl ketone, was used as a solvent for DDT, spray residues on foliage killed flies for 60 days and longer, compared to less than 15 days when the DDT was in an oil solution (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>extensibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being extensible. <BR> <I>Ex. the extensibility of a fiber or of a plate of metal.</I> </DL>
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<B>extensible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be extended. noun <B>extensibleness.</B> </DL>
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<B>extensile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be stuck out. <BR> <I>Ex. extensile claws.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=extensible.</B> </DL>
<B>extension, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of stretching out; extending. <BR> <I>Ex. the extension of one's arm, the extension of a road. (Figurative.) For the last three centuries, Western civilization has dedicated a good part of its energies to the invention of machines and the extension of their operations into every corner of life (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) expansion, enlargement. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being extended. <DD><B> 3. </B>an extended part; addition. <BR> <I>Ex. The new extension to our school will make room for more students.</I> (SYN) projection. <DD><B> 4. </B>range; extent. <DD><B> 5. </B>a telephone connected with the main telephone or with a switchboard but in a different location; extension telephone. <DD><B> 6. </B>the provision of courses of study by a university or college to people unable to take courses in the regular session. <DD><B> 7. </B>a written engagement given by a creditor, granting a debtor additional time in which to pay a debt. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Physics.) that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. <DD><B> 9a. </B>the straightening of a part by the action of an extensor muscle. <DD><B> b. </B>the condition of being straightened in this way. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Logic.) the subclasses of things included in a given term or concept. <BR> <I>Ex. In its extension "clothing" includes "coat," "dress," and "shoes."</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>the pulling or stretching of a fractured or dislocated part to enable the bones to be restored to their natural relative positions. </DL>
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<B>extensional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or having extension or extent. <DD><B> 2. </B>existing in space. adv. <B>extensionally.</B> </DL>
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<B>extensionality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being extensional. </DL>
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<B>extension cord,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a length of electric cord fitted with a plug and a socket, used to connect a short cord to an outlet or other source of power. </DL>
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<B>extension courses,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> courses of instruction offered by some universities or colleges to persons who are not regular students, in evening classes, or by correspondence. </DL>
<A NAME="extensionist">
<B>extensionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who favors extension or expansion of any kind; an expansionist. </DL>
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<B>extension ladder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ladder having one or more movable sections that can be raised to extend above the main section when greater height is needed. </DL>
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<B>extension lens,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lens that may be used in combination to increase its focal length. </DL>
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<B>extensionless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without extension. <BR> <I>Ex. an extensionless moment of time (Alfred North Whitehead).</I> </DL>
<B>extension spring,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spiral spring designed to resist a pull or strain in line with its length. </DL>
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<B>extension table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a table whose frame can be extended in length for the insertion of additional leaves to make the top larger; drawing table. </DL>
<B>extensity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>spatial quality. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Psychology.) a spatial attribute of sense data or sensation on which spatial perception is said to depend. </DL>
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<B>extensive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of great extent; wide; broad; large. <BR> <I>Ex. an extensive park.</I> (SYN) extended, ample. <DD><B> 2. </B>far-reaching; affecting many things; comprehensive. <BR> <I>Ex. extensive changes.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>depending on the use of large areas. <BR> <I>Ex. extensive agriculture.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>large in amount. <BR> <I>Ex. extensive expenditures.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>of or having to do with extension. adv. <B>extensively.</B> noun <B>extensiveness.</B> </DL>
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<B>extensometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for measuring minute degrees of expansion, contraction, or deformation, as in a bar of metal. Also, <B>extensimeter.</B> </DL>
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<B>extensor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a muscle that when contracted extends or straightens out a limb or other part of the body. <BR> <I>Ex. The contraction of one group of muscles, the flexors, diminishes the angle between the skeletal segments, while the contraction of the opposite group, the extensors, increases the angle between the segments (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> </DL>
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<B>extent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the size, space, length, amount, or degree to which a thing extends. <BR> <I>Ex. Freight trains and motor trucks carry goods through the whole extent of the country. The extent of a judge's power is limited by law. I agree with your plans, but only to a certain extent.</I> (SYN) magnitude, area, scope, compass, range. <DD><B> 2. </B>something extended; extended space. <BR> <I>Ex. a vast extent of prairie.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Physics.) anything that has extension; an object or body having length, area, or volume. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Mathematics.) a continuous magnitude of dimensions. <BR> <I>Ex. A plane figure is 2-extent.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(in the United States) a writ or levy by which a creditor may have his debtor's lands valued and transferred to himself. <DD><B> 6. </B>in Great Britain: <DD><B> a. </B>a writ to recover debts recorded as due to the Crown. <DD><B> b. </B>a seizure of lands or other property, in execution of such a writ. <DD><B> c. </B>a valuation of land, usually for taxation; assessment. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Logic.) = extension. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) an attack or assault. <BR> <I>Ex. This uncivil and unjust extent Against thy peace (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
