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extension - act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need" |
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enlargement,
expansion a photographic print that has been enlarged
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spreading,
spread act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
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stretch extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
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extension - act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb |
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flexion,
flexure act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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stretching act of expanding by lengthening or widening
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hyperextension greater than normal extension
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extension - amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" |
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lengthiness,
prolongation |
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longness duration as an extension
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coextension equality of extension or duration
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extension - an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
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didactics,
educational activity,
pedagogy,
teaching,
instruction,
education the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
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extension course a course offered as part of an extension service
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extension - the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability" |
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property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
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dance an artistic form of nonverbal communication
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extension - a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS" |
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string a lightweight cord
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computer file name,
computer filename,
file name,
filename (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
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extension - an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
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telephone set,
telephone,
phone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
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extension - a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
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time lag,
delay,
postponement,
wait,
hold the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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