Definition of extension

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

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Tasimer :: Tasimer (n.) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature..
Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..
Diffusion :: Diffusion (n.) The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion..
Lactide :: Lactide (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance..
Carbinol :: Carbinol (n.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type..
Orthodoxy :: Orthodoxy (n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief..
Vichy Water :: Vichy water () A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy..
Quinine :: Quinine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion..
Punch :: Punch (n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
Laboratory :: Laboratory (n.) The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile..
Prolonger :: Prolonger (n.) One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space..
Yankee :: Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection..
Quinoline :: Quinoline (n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied..
Pot :: Pot (n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
Orthopny :: Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Extensional :: Extensional (a.) Having great extent.
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