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Definitions for Extensionality

[1] an act or instance of extending, lengthening, stretching out, or enlarging the scope of something.
[2] the state of being extended, lengthened, or stretched out.
[3] that by which something is extended or enlarged; an addition: a four-room extension to a house.
[4] an additional period of time given one to meet an obligation: My term paper wasn't finished so I asked for an extension.
[5] something that is expandable or can be extended; an extended object: a table with drop-leaf extensions.
[6] range or scope of extending; degree of extensiveness; extent: the extension of our knowledge.
[7] an additional telephone that operates on the principal line.
[8] Commerce . a written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
[9] Physics . that property of a body by which it occupies space.
[10] Anatomy . the act of straightening a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is straightened.
[11] Surgery . the act of pulling the broken or dislocated part of a limb in a direction from the trunk, in order to bring the ends of the bone into their natural situation.
[12] Also called extent. Logic . the class of things to which a term is applicable, as “the class of such beings as Plato and Alexander” to which the term “man” is applicable. Compare intension(def 5) .
[13] Mathematics . a function having a domain that includes the domain of a given function and that has the same value as the given function at each point in the domain of the given function.
[14] Also called file extension. Computers . one or more characters at the end of a filename, usually following a period, used to indicate the type of file.
[15] Manège . the act of bringing or coming into an extended attitude.
[16] of or relating to extension courses.
[17] logic the principle that sets are definable in terms of their elements alone, whatever way they may have been selected. Thus {a, b}={b, a}={first two letters of the alphabet}
[18] the act of extending or the condition of being extended
[19] something that can be extended or that extends another object
[20] the length, range, etc, over which something is extended; extent
[21] an additional telephone set connected to the same telephone line as another set or other sets
[22] a room or rooms added to an existing building
[23] a delay, esp one agreed by all parties, in the date originally set for payment of a debt or completion of a contract
[24] the property of matter by which it occupies space; size
[25] the act of straightening or extending an arm or leg its position after being straightened or extended
[26] med a steady pull applied to a fractured or dislocated arm or leg to restore it to its normal position See also traction (def. 3)
[27] a service by which some of the facilities of an educational establishment, library, etc, are offered to outsiders (as modifier ) a university extension course
[28] logic the class of entities to which a given word correctly applies: thus, the extension of satellite of Mars is the set containing only Deimos and Phobos Compare intension (def. 1a) conservative extension a formal theory that includes among its theorems all the theorems of a given theory

Words nearby Extensionality

extensionextended-play, extender, extensible, extensile, extensimeter, extension, extension agent, extension bolt, extension cord, extension courses, extension field

Origin of Extensionality

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin extēnsiōn- (stem of extēnsiō ). See extensive, -ion

Other words from Extensionality

ex·ten·sion·al·i·ty , ex·ten·sion·al·ism , noun
ex·ten·sion·al , adjective
ex·ten·sion·al·ly , adverb
ex·ten·sion·less , adjective
non·ex·ten·sion , noun
non·ex·ten·sion·al , adjective
pro·ex·ten·sion , adjective
su·per·ex·ten·sion , noun

Word origin for Extensionality

C14: from Late Latin extensiō a stretching out; see extend