1. Allongement.
2. Généralisation.
3. Augmentation.
ETYM Latin extensio: cf. French extension. Related to Extend.
1. A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.
2. Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available.
3. Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
4. Amount or degree or range to which something extends; SYN. lengthiness, prolongation.
5. An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.
6. An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students; SYN. extension service, university extension.
1. A small software program that plugs into a larger application to provide added functionality.
2. A software component that plugs into the Netscape Navigator. Plug-ins permit the Web browser to access and execute files embedded in HTML documents that are in formats the browser normally would not recognize, such as many animation, video, and audio files. Most plug-ins are developed by software companies who have proprietary software in which the embedded files are created. Compare helper application.
3. A small piece of software that supplements a larger program (as a browser)