Word Meanings - EXTENSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. (more info) 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXTENSION)
- Accession
- Arrival
- addition
- increase
- influx
- augmentation
- reinforcement
- enlargement
- extension
- Bulk
- Mass
- whole
- entirety
- integrity
- majority
- size
- magnitude
- body
- volume
- bigness
- largeness
- massiveness
- dimension
- Continuation
- Sequence
- continuance
- continuity
- duration
- succession
- connection
- prolongation
- perpetuation
- concatenation
- Elongation
- Production
- Prevalence
- Custom
- power
- influence
- operation
- predominance
- superiority
- efficacy
- preponderance
Related words: (words related to EXTENSION)
- VOLUMENOMETRY
The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer. - REINFORCEMENT
See REëNFORCEMENT - VOLUMENOMETER
An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - CONTINUITY
the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity - INFLUX
1. The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light. 2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver. The - INTEGRITY
1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More. 2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with - VOLUMETRIC
Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. Volumetric analysis , that system of the quantitative analysis of solutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions of reagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the - ADDITION
That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase; - CUSTOM
Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription. Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without - WHOLENESS
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness. - VOLUMETER
An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity. - ADDITIONALLY
By way of addition. - WHOLE-HOOFED
Having an undivided hoof, as the horse. - EFFICACY
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton. Syn. -- Virtue; force; - SUCCESSION
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to - INFLUXION
A flowing in; infusion. Bacon. - CUSTOMARY
Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate. (more info) 1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. Even now I met him With customary compliment. - INCONSEQUENCE
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. - REINCREASE
To increase again. - RECONTINUANCE
The act or state of recontinuing. - ACCUSTOMARILY
Customarily. - NONARRIVAL
Failure to arrive. - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - ACCUSTOMEDNESS
Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce. - OBDURATION
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. - DISCONTINUITY
Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle. - UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers. - IMPROPERATION
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne - COEXTENSION
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.