extension
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
“Next month the house is undergoing an extension.”
The state of being extended.
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
Etymology
From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.
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EXTENSION at a glance
EXTENSION has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,166 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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