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<hw>Ex*tend"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unlimited extension.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An . . . <b>extendlessness</b> of excursions. <i>Sir. M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extense</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extensus</ets>, p.p. See <er>Extend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.</def>

<blockquote>Men and gods are too <b>extense</b>; Could you slacken and condense? <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extensibility</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; <as>as, the <ex>extensibility</ex> of a fiber, or of a plate of metal</as>.</def>

<h1>Extensible</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>extensible</ets>. See <er>Extend</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of <i>contractible</i> or <i>compressible</i>.</def> "An <i>extensible</i> membrane"

<i>Holder.</i>

<h1>Extensibleness</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"si*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Extensibility.</def>

<h1>Extensile</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Extension</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extensio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extension</ets>. See <er>Extend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Logic & Metaph.)</fld> <def>Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of <i>intension</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its <b>extension</b>. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>extension</b> of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. <i>Abp. Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The straightening of a limb, in distinction from <i>flexion</i>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.</def>

<cs><col>Counter extension</col>. <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Counter</er>.</cd> -- <col>Extension table</col>, <cd>a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.</cd></cs>

<h1>Extensional</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having great extent.</def>

<h1>Extensionist</h1> <Xpage=529>