 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 900 pages
...state of being extended ; enlargement in breadth, or continuation of length. — In philosophy, that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. — In physiology, the straightening of a limb or organ previously bent by the extensor muscles. —... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1867 - 600 pages
...ft., act of extending: a stretching out, prolongation, or enlargement : state of being extended : that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. extensive, eks-lcn'siv, adj., having great extension or extent ; large ; comprehensive. — adv. extea'tively.... | |
 | William Chambers - 1868 - 516 pages
...я., act of extending: a stretching out, prolongation, or enlargement : state of being extended : that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. extensive, eks-ten'siv, adj., having great extension or extent; large; comprehensive. — adv. exten'•ively.... | |
 | English language - 1871 - 1024 pages
...rtetutto, from 1 txttndcre.] Act of extending; a stretching ¡—state of being extended ; — that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space :— a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.... | |
 | Norris C. Hodgdon - Universalism - 1871 - 444 pages
...Christianity; of organized Universalism, because proper organization gives it consistency. Extension is that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. The word also signifies enlargement and the act of enlarging. Without organization we occupy no space;... | |
 | John Ogilvie - English language - 1872 - 488 pages
...susceptible of enlargement. [Fr.J Extension, eka-ten'ehon, n. Act of extending; state of being extended; that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. [Fr.] Extensive, eks-tens'iv, a. Having great extent or enlargement; large; comprehensive; widely diffused.... | |
 | William Chambers, Andrew Findlater - English language - 1882 - 628 pages
...Extensibility. 167 Extension, eks-ten'shun, n. a stretching out, prolongation, or enlargement : that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. Extensive, eks-tens'iv.rt,^'. large : comprehensive. ii.i;: Extensively.— n. Extens'ivenoss. Extent,... | |
 | John Spencer Clark - 1894 - 240 pages
...Equilateral triangular prism: see Prism. Expression : the materialization of thought. Extension : that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. F. Face : a part of a surface unbroken by an edge. — , Circular : a face shaped like a circle. —... | |
 | John Spencer Clark, Hicks Mary D., Walter Scott Perry - Art - 1897 - 256 pages
...Equilateral triangular prism: see Prism. Expression : the materialization of thought. Extension : that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. F. Face : a part of a surface tmbroken by an edge. — , Circular : a face shaped like a circle. —... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...or stretching : the state of being extended ; enlargement ; expansion : in physics and metaph. that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space ; extension is an essential as well as a general property of matter, for it is impossible to form a... | |
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In .DXienblUU phygic8 and metaphysics that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. 
