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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-sten-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛn ʃən



Définition of extension

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French extension (14c.) and directly from Latin extensionem/extentionem (nominative extensio/extentio), noun of action from past participle stem of extendere (see extend). In a concrete sense, "extended portion of something" (a railroad, etc.), from 1852. Telephone sense is from 1906.
  • noun enlargement, continuation
Example sentences :
  • The complexity of life is shown by the extension of the necessity of choice.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • I expect the Marchesa got him an extension of leave from the Colonel.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • The North did not believe in slavery, or at least in the extension of slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • In recent years an extension of nine miles has been added to it.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • In larger boats the jib-boom is an extension of the bowsprit.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • In general the greater the intension the less the extension of them.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Slowly he told the story of the colored woman and the extension case.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • The stick was an extension of the human arm to give the lance greater force.
  • Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt
  • Plunged in reverie he felt that this was but an extension of his vision.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • There is only the scale of elements ranging from 842 to 966 on the extension of your own scale.
  • Extract from : « Raiders of the Universes » by Donald Wandrei

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