Ausdehnung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- expansion noun The act or process of becoming larger, or an instance of this happening.
- extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
- extent noun The area, range, or degree to which something covers or applies.
- sprawl verb To sit or lie with the arms and legs spread out carelessly.
Senses
Ausdehnung is used for these senses in English:
- expansion An act, process, or instance of expanding.
- extension (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- extent A range of values or locations.
- sprawl A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
expansion — full definition
- noun The act or process of becoming larger, or an instance of this happening.
- noun A measurement of how much a material's length increases for each degree that its temperature rises.
- noun Something extra that is added to increase the size or scope of a thing.
- noun An extra item that is designed to be used together with something you already have.
extension — full definition
- noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
- noun A small program that adds features to a web browser or other software.
- noun An additional telephone line within an office or building, or the short number that reaches it.
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