Extense(v. t.) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Extensibility(n.) The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.
Extensible(a.) Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible.
Extensibleness(n.) Extensibility.
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(v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
Extension(v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
Extension(v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Extension(v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
Extension(v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Extensive(a.) Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
Extensive(a.) Capable of being extended.
Extensively(adv.) To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
Extensiveness(n.) The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
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