Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 72
Extensile (a.) 可延長的；可擴張的 Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. -- Owen.
Extensile (a.) Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out; "an extensile tongue"; "an extensible measuring rule" [syn: extensile, extensible] [ant: inextensible, nonextensile, nonprotractile].
Compare: Nonprotractile
Nonprotractile (a.) （不可伸出的）是一個生物學術語，主要描述某些動物的器官（如爪子或口器）無法向外延伸或縮回皮褶中。Not extensile [syn: nonextensile, inextensible, nonprotractile] [ant: extensible, extensile].
Extension (n.) 伸展；伸長；擴大 [U] [（+of）]；延長；延期；緩期 [U] [C]；延長部分；擴大部分；增設部分 [C] The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Extension (n.) (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
Extension (n.) (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of {intension}.
Extension (n.) (Logic & Metaph.) The class or set of objects to which a term refers; -- contrasted with {intension}, the logical specification which defines members of a class, being the set of attributes which are necessary and sufficient to recognize an object as a member of the class.
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.
Extension (n.) (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Extension (n.) (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
Extension (n.) (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
{Counter extension}. (Surg.) See under {Counter}.
{Extension table}, A table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.
Extension (n.) 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".
Extension (n.) Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need."
Extension (n.) The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: {propagation}, {extension}].
Compare: Propagation
Propagation (n.) 繁殖；傳播 The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.
There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. -- NRay.
Propagation (n.) The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. -- Bacon.
Propagation (n.) The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: propagation, extension].
Propagation (n.) The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production [syn: generation, multiplication, propagation].
Propagation (n.) The movement of a wave through a medium.
Extension (n.) An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students [syn: {extension}, {extension service}, {university extension}].
Extension (n.) Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb [ant: {flexion}, {flexure}].
Extension (n.) A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS" [syn: {extension}, {filename extension}, {file name extension}].
Extension (n.) The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" [syn: {reference}, {denotation}, {extension}].
Extension (n.) The ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability."
Extension (n.) Amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: {extension}, {lengthiness}, {prolongation}].
Compare: Lengthiness
Lengthiness (n.) 主要意為「冗長」、「長度」或「延伸」。The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. Lengthways
Lengthiness (n.) Amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: extension, lengthiness, prolongation].
Lengthiness (n.) The consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction].
Extension (n.) An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line [syn: {extension}, {telephone extension}, {extension phone}].
Extension (n.) An addition to the length of something [syn: {elongation}, {extension}].
Extension (n.) An addition that extends a main building [syn: {annex}, {annexe}, {extension}, {wing}].
Extension, () Filename extension..
Extension, () A feature or piece of code which extends a program's functionality, e.g. a plug-in. (1997-06-21)
Extension, () comm. law. This term is applied among merchants to signify an agreement made between a debtor and his creditors, by which the latter, in order to enable the former, embarrassed in his circumstances, to retrieve his standing, agree to wait for a definite length of time after their several claims should become due and payable, before they will demand payment.
Extension, () Among the French, a similar agreement is known by the name of atermoiement. Merl. Rep. mot Atermoiement.
Extensional (a.) 外延的；客觀現實的，具體的 Having great extent.
Extensional (a.) Defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies.
Compare: Correctly
Correctly (adv.) 正確地；得體地 In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
Correctly (adv.) In an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly].
Extensional (a.) Extensional properties, e.g. extensional equality, relate to the "black-box" behaviour of an object, i.e. how its output depends on its input. The opposite is intensional which concerns how the object is implemented.
Extensionist (n.) One who favors or advocates extension.
Extensive (a.) 廣大的；廣闊的；廣泛的；大規模的；大量的；龐大的 Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
Extensive (a.) Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. -- Boyle.
Extensive (a.) Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" [syn: {extensive}, {extended}].
Extensive (a.) Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the- board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {extensive}, {panoptic}, {wide}].
Extensive (a.) Of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type" [ant: {intensive}].
Extensively (adv.) 廣大地；廣泛地 To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
Extensively (adv.) In a widespread way; "oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest."
Extensiveness (n.) 廣大；大範圍 The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
Extensiveness (n.) Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it" [syn: largeness, extensiveness].
Extensometer (n.) 伸展計 An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force. [syn: {extensimeter}].
Extensor (n.) (Anat.) 【解】伸肌A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
Extensor (n.) A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part [syn: extensor muscle, extensor] [ant: flexor, flexor muscle].
Extensure (n.) 伸展；伸長；擴大 [U] [（+of）]；延長；延期；緩期 [U] [C] Extension. [R.] -- Drayton.
Extent (a.) 延長了的 Extended. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Extent (n.) 大小；嚴重性；範圍；程度 Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
Life in its large extent is scare a span. -- Cotton.
Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." -- Lubbock.
Extent (n.) (Eng. Law) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
Extent (n.) (Eng. Law) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Extent (n.) The point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right."
Extent (n.) The distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent."
Extenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Extenuate.
Extenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extenuate.
Extenuate (v. t.) 減輕，使人原諒；企圖減輕（罪行等）；為……找藉口 To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. -- Grew.
Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
But fortune there extenuates the crime. -- Dryden.
Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. -- I. Taylor.
Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]
Who can extenuate thee? -- Milton.
Syn: To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.
Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. -- Burke.
Extenuate (a.) Thin; slender. [Obs.] -- Huloet.
Extenuate (v.) Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: {extenuate}, {palliate}, {mitigate}].
Extenuation (n.) 酌情減輕；減輕 The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. -- I. Taylor.
Extenuation (n.) A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation, mitigation].
Extenuation (n.) To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation].
Compare: Mitigation
Mitigation (n.) 減輕罪行 The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.
Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief.
Mitigation (n.) To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation].
Mitigation (n.) A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation, mitigation].
Mitigation (n.) The action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: moderation, mitigation].
Mitigation, () To make less rigorous or penal.
Mitigation, () Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy his hunger, this circumstance is taken into consideration in mitigation of his sentence.
Mitigation, () In actions for damages, or for torts, matters are frequently proved in mitigation of damages. In an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, for example, evidence may be given of the wife's general bad character for want of chastity; or of particular acts of adultery committed by her, before she became acquainted with the defendant; 12 Mod. R. 232; Bull. N. P. 27, 296; Selw. N. P. 25; 1 Johns. Cas, 16: or that the plaintiff has carried on a criminal conversation with other women; Bull. N. P. 27; or that the plaintiff's wife has made the first advances to the defendant, 2 Esp. N. P. C. 562; Selw. N. P. 25. See 3 Am. Jur. 287, 313; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Mitigation, () In actions for libel, although the defendant cannot under the general issue prove the crime, which is imputed to the plaintiff, yet he is in many cases allowed to give evidence of the plaintiff's general character in mitigation of damages. 2 Campb. R. 251; 1 M. & S. 284.
Extenuator (n.) One who extenuates.
Extenuatory (a.) Tending to extenuate or palliate. -- Croker.
Exterior (a.) External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. -- Shak.
Exterior (a.) External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained. -- Milton.
Exterior (a.) Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Exterior angle (Geom.), The angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside.
Exterior side (Fort.), The side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed. -- Wilhelm.
Note: See Illust. of Ravelin.
Exterior (n.) The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
Exterior (n.) Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
Exterior (a.) Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints" [ant: interior].
Exterior (n.) The region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior].
Exterior (n.) The outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior].
Exteriority (n.) Surface; superficies; externality.
Exteriorly (adv.) Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. -- Shak.
They are exteriorly lifelike. -- J. H. Morse.
Exterminated (imp. & p. p.) of Exterminate.
Exterminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exterminate.
Exterminate (v. t.) 根除，滅絕；消滅 To drive out or away; to expel.
They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. -- Barrow.
Exterminate (v. t.) To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.
To explode and exterminate rank atheism. -- Bentley.
Exterminate (v. t.) (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities.
Exterminate (v.) Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" [syn: {exterminate}, {kill off}].
Exterminate (v.) Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: {uproot}, {eradicate}, {extirpate}, {root out}, {exterminate}].
Extermination (n.) 根除，滅絕；消滅 [U] The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
Extermination (n.) (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
Extermination (n.) Complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" [syn: {extinction}, {extermination}].
Extermination (n.) The act of exterminating [syn: {extermination}, {liquidation}].
Exterminator (n.) [C] 根除者；消滅者；滅鼠藥；殺蟲劑 One who, or that which, exterminates. -- Buckle.
Exterminator (n.) Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) [syn: {exterminator}, {terminator}, {eradicator}].
Exterminatory (a.) 消滅的；根絕的；消滅性的 Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." -- Burke.
Extermine (v. t.) To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Extern (a.) External; outward; not inherent.
Extern (n.) A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
Extern (n.) Outward form or part; exterior.
External (a.) Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
External (a.) Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
External (a.) Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
External (a.) Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
External (a.) Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
External (a.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External (n.) Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
Externalism (n.) The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
Externalism (n.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Externalistic (a.) Pertaining to externalism.
Externality (n.) State of being external; exteriority.
Externality (n.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Externalize (v. t.) To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Externally (adv.) In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
Exterraneous (a.) Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
Extersion (n.) The act of wiping or rubbing out.
Extilled (imp. & p. p.) of Extill.
Extilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extill.
Extill (v. i.) To drop or distill.
Extillation (n.) Distillation.
Extimulate (v. t.) To stimulate.
Extimulation (n.) Stimulation.
Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Extinct (a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Extinct (v. t.) To cause to be extinct.
Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Extinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Extinguish.
Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguish.
Extinguish (v. t.) 熄滅，消滅，償清 To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Extinguish (v.) Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: {snuff out}, {extinguish}].
Extinguish (v.) Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [syn: {snuff out}, {blow out}, {extinguish}, {quench}] [ant: {ignite}, {light}].
Extinguish (v.) Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: {stub out}, {crush out}, {extinguish}, {press out}].
Extinguish (v.) Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: {extinguish}, {eliminate}, {get rid of}, {do away with}].
Extinguish (v.) Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish}, {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}].
Extinguishable (a.) 可熄滅的 Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being extinguished or killed; "an extinguishable fire"; "hope too is extinguishable" [ant: {inextinguishable}].
Compare: Inextinguishable
Inextinguishable (a.) 不可遏止的；永不衰減的 Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds. "Inextinguishable rage." -- Milton.
Inextinguishable (a.) Difficult or impossible to extinguish; "an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith" [ant: extinguishable]
Inextinguishable (a.) 不能撲滅的；不可遏制的 Unable to be stopped from burning or existing.
Extinguisher (n.) 熄滅者 [器] One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
Extinguisher (n.) A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires [syn: {fire extinguisher}, {extinguisher}, {asphyxiator}]
Extinguishment (n.) 熄滅；絕滅 The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
Extinguishment (n.) (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Extirp (v. t.) To extirpate. [Obs.]
It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. -- Shak.
Extirpable (a.) Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. -- Evelyn.
Extirpable (a.) Capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out [syn: exterminable, extirpable].
Extirpated (imp. & p. p.) of Extirpate.
Extirpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extirpate.
Extirpate (v. t.) 拔除；使絕跡；破除 To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
Extirpate (v.) Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate].
Extirpate (v.) Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out].
Extirpate (v.) Surgically remove (an organ).
Extirpate (v. t.) To pull up by the stem or root.
Extirpate (v. t.) To destroy completely.
Extirpate (v. t.) To remove by surgery. Extirpate derives from Latin ex(s)tirpare, "to tear up by the root, hence to root out, to extirpate," from ex-, "from" + stirps, "the stalk or stem or a tree or other plant, with the roots."
Extirpation (n.) 拔除；消滅 The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
Extirpation (n.) Surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision].
Extirpation (n.) The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination].
Extirpative (a.) （根除性的、切除的）是指徹底移除、根除或切除特定組織、器官或病灶的過程。Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. -- Cheyne.
Extirpator (n.) 中耕除草機；摘除器 One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Extirpatory (a.) Extirpative.