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  1. Extension
    [kinesiology] In kinesiology, extension is a movement of a joint that results in increased angle between two bones or body surfaces at a joint. Extension usually results in straightening of the bones or body surfaces involved. For example, extension is produced by extending the flexed (bent)...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_(kinesiology)

  2. Extension
    [telephone] An extension telephone is an additional telephone wired to the same telephone line as another. In middle 20th century telephone jargon, the first telephone on a line was a "Main Station" and subsequent ones "Extensions". Such extension phones allow making or receiving calls in di...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_(telephone)

  3. Extension
    [music] In music, an extension is a set of musical notes that lie outside the standard range or tessitura. ==Staff== A note that lies outside the lines of a musical staff is an extension of the staff. The note will lie on a ledger line. Middle C for example is an extension note on both trebl...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_(music)

  4. Extension
    [predicate logic] The extension of a predicate{spaced ndash}a truth-valued function{spaced ndash}is the set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate. Such a set of tuples is a relation. For example the statement "d2 is the weekday following d1" can be seen as a trut...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_(predicate_logic)

  5. Extension
    [Mac OS] On the Apple Macintosh operating system prior to Mac OS X, extensions were small pieces of code that extended the system`s functionality. They were run initially at start-up time, and operated by a variety of mechanisms, including trap patching and other code modifying techniques. I...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_(Mac_OS)

  6. Extension
    Voluntary arrangements to restructure a firm's debt, under which the payment date is postponed.
    Found op http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglose.htm

  7. extension
    [n] - a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt 2. [n] - amount or degree or range to which something extends 3. [n] - an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line 4. [n] - an educational opportunity provid...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=extension

  8. Extension
    Body part (i.e. hand, neck, trunk, etc.) going from a bent to a straight position, as in leg extension.
    Found op http://www.netfit.co.uk/glossary/fitness-glossary-e.htm

  9. Extension
    The location of the crosshead/extensometer relative to the point where the gauge length is reset.
    Found op http://www.testometric.co.uk/glossarye-h.html

  10. Extension
    The movement of an articulation that causes the relationship between part above the joint and the part below the joint to becomes straighter. An exception is „extension“ of the foot at the ankle (so-called dorsiflexion); dorsiflexion is the better term, in this context/
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20605

  11. Extension
    The straightening out of a joint.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  12. Extension
    Extension: The process of straitening or the state of being strait. Extension of the hip and knee joints is necessary to stand up from the sitting position.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3361



  1. extension
    (Dos/Win) The full stop and up to three characters at the end of a filename. An extension usually identifies the kind of information a file contains and are usually specific to particular programs, e.g. basic ASCII text files have the extension '.txt' MS Word files have the extension '.doc'
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. Extension
    Body part (i.e. hand, neck, trunk, etc.) going from a bent to a straight position, as in leg extension.
    Found op http://fitandhealthysolutions.com/terminology/terminologye.html

  3. Extension
    Ex·ten'sion noun [ Latin extensio : confer French extension . See Extend , transitive verb ] 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or contin...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/95

  4. extension
    1. <orthopaedics> The movement by which the two elements of any jointed part are drawn away from each other. ... 2. <anatomy> A movement which brings the members of a limb into or toward a straight relation. ... Origin: L. Extensio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?extension

  5. extension
    lengthiness noun amount or degree or range to which something extends; `the wire has an extension of 50 feet`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extension

  6. extension
    filename extension noun a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; `most applications provide exten...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extension

  7. extension
    extension service noun an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extension

  8. extension
    noun 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`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extension

  9. extension
    extension phone noun an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extension

  10. Extension
    Voluntary arrangements to restructure a firm`s debt, under which the payment date is postponed.
    Found op http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglose.htm

  11. extension
    (ek-sten´shәn) the movement by which the two ends of any jointed part are drawn away from each other. a movement bringing the members of a limb into or toward a straight condition. Buck extension a temporary type of lightweight traction applied to the distal end of a f...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  12. Extension
    • (v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. • (v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. • (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments i...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/extension/

  13. extension
    (from the article `parturition`) ...while the head progresses. Soon the back of the child`s neck becomes impinged against the bones of the pelvis, in front, and the chin is forced ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/61

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