extension

About 30.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.

   Next month the house is undergoing an extension.

2. noun The state of being extended.
3. noun That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
4. noun A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
5. noun A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
6. noun A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
7. noun An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.

   Parents who treat their children as an extension of themselves

8. noun Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.

Similar words

elongation prolongation lengthiness propagation annex annexe reference denotation university extension wing

Often followed by

of to and service is in services or work

Word family

extensions