extension

Definitions of extension in various dictionaries:

noun - a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

noun - act of expanding in scope

noun - the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

noun - an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

noun - act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

noun - a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters

noun - the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression

noun - the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

noun - amount or degree or range to which something extends

noun - an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

noun - an addition to the length of something

noun - an addition that extends a main building

The act of extending or the condition of being extended.

The amount, degree, or range to which something extends or can extend: The wire has an extension of 50 feet.

The act of straightening or extending a limb.

The position assumed by an extended limb.

The application of traction to a fractured or dislocated limb to restore the normal position.

An addition that increases the area, influence, operation, or contents of something: an extension for the vacuum cleaner; built a new extension onto the hospital wing.

An additional telephone connected to a main line.

An allowance of extra time, especially for the repayment of a debt.

The period of this extra time: three months’ extension on the loan.

The property of an object by which it occupies space.

A program in a university, college, or school that offers instruction, as by television or correspondence, to persons unable to attend at the usual time or in the usual place.

The class of objects designated by a specific term or concept; denotation.

A set that includes a given and similar set as a subset.