Coextension :: Coextension (n.) The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended..

Cointension :: Cointension (n.) The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension..

Distension :: Distension (n.) Same as Distention.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion..

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt..

Extensional :: Extensional (a.) Having great extent.

Extensionist :: Extensionist (n.) One who favors or advocates extension.

Inextension :: Inextension (n.) Want of extension; unextended state.

Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..

Intension :: Intension (n.) Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.

Intension :: Intension (n.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere..

Obtension :: Obtension (n.) The act of obtending.

Ostension :: Ostension (n.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

Portension :: Portension (n.) The act of foreshowing; foreboding.

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship..

Protension :: Protension (n.) A drawing out; extension.

Tension :: Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx..

Tension :: Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..

Tension :: Tension (a.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight..

Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..

Tension :: Tension (a.) Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air..

Tension :: Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area..

Tensioned :: Tensioned (a.) Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.

Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..

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