EXTENSILE
Ex*ten"sile a.
Defn: Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.
EXTENSION Ex*ten"sion, n. Etym: [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See Extend, v. t.]
1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2. (Physics)
Defn: That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. (Logic & Metaph.)
Defn: Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension. The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton. The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. Abp. Thomson.
4. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.