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Meaning of extension

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extension
      n 1: 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"
      2: act of expanding in scope; making more widely available;
         "extension of the program to all in need"
      3: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new
         regions [syn: {propagation}, {extension}]
      4: an educational opportunity provided by colleges and
         universities to people who are not enrolled as regular
         students [syn: {extension}, {extension service}, {university
         extension}]
      5: act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [ant:
         {flexion}, {flexure}]
      6: 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: {extension}, {filename extension},
         {file name extension}]
      7: 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},
         {extension}]
      8: 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"
      9: amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the
         wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: {extension},
         {lengthiness}, {prolongation}]
      10: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same
          telephone line [syn: {extension}, {telephone extension},
          {extension phone}]
      11: an addition to the length of something [syn: {elongation},
          {extension}]
      12: an addition that extends a main building [syn: {annex},
          {annexe}, {extension}, {wing}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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