extemporization
- n a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
extended care facility
- n a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness)
extended family
- n a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
extended order
- n a military formation for skirmishing; as widely separated as the tactical situation permits
extended time scale
- n (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
extension
- n 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 - n act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
extension of the program to all in need - n the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- n an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- n act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- n 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 - n 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 - n 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 - n amount or degree or range to which something extends
the wire has an extension of 50 feet - n an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- n an addition to the length of something
- n an addition that extends a main building
extension agent
- n an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
extension cord
- n an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord