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延長 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • lengthen verb To make something longer, or to become longer.

Senses

延長 is used for these senses in English:

  • extension (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
  • 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.
  • lengthen (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
  • lengthening (phonology) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

extension — full definition

  1. noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  2. noun A small program that adds features to a web browser or other software.
  3. noun An additional telephone line within an office or building, or the short number that reaches it.

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