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extension

/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/ noun

Latin root: extensiō Wiktionary

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  1. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
    Next month the house is undergoing an extension.
  2. The state of being extended.
  3. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").

Origin

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.

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