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'
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
[ Syn: telephone extension , extension phone ]
an addition to the length of something
[ Syn: elongation ]
an addition that extends a main building
act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; extension of the program to all in need'
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
[ Syn: propagation ]
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
[ Syn: extension service , university extension ]
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
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
[ Syn: filename extension , file name extension ]
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; the extension of `satellite of Mars is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
[ Syn: reference , denotation ]
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'
amount or degree or range to which something extends; the wire has an extension of 50 feet
[ Syn: lengthiness , prolongation ]