meaning of extension

1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
4. The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5. The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6. A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
7. extension 1. extension> filename extension. 2. A feature or piece of code which extends a programs functionality, e. g. a plug-in.
8. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in ">need"

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