extensive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪkˈsten.sɪv/ (Australia)
- /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/ (General-American)
- /əkˈsten.səv/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/ (General-American) rare, maybe erroneous
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin extendō Latin extēnsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin extensīvusder. Middle English extensive English extensive From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.
Meanings
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Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour.
1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter 1, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
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(figuratively) Considerable in amount.
I have done extensive research on the subject.
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Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
For station is properly no rest, but one kind of motion, relating unto that which physicians (from Galen) do name extensive or tonical; that is, an extension of the muscles and organs of motion, maintaining the body at length, or in its proper figure.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
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Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.
2000, Roman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz Majewski, Earthquake Thermodynamics and Phase Transformation in the Earth's Interior, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most extensive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more extensive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
extensiveness · coextensive · nonextensive · overextensive · antiextensive · subextensive · extensivity · extensive form game · ultraextensive · inextensive · unextensive · co-extensive · extensively · superextensive · extensive property
Relateds
extend · intensive · extent · extense
Translations (50)
el εκτενής (wide) · eo vasta (wide) · es extenso (wide) · sa विस्तीर्ग (wide) · bg пространен (wide) · mi whakahara (wide) · nl uitgebreid (wide) · mhr кумда (wide) · it vasto (wide) · ko 광대한 (wide) · es extensivo (wide) · la extentus (wide) · mi rangiwhāwhā (wide) · hi विस्तृत (wide) · it estenso (wide) · la effūsus (wide) · cmn 廣泛 /广泛 (wide) · hu kiterjedt (wide) · es extendiente (wide) · uk широ́кий (wide) · ca extens (wide) · fr étendu (wide) · it molto (wide) · uk обши́рний (wide) · ru обши́рный (wide) · no omfattende (wide) · mi whakatikotiko (wide) · da ekstensiv (wide) · hy ընդարձակ (wide) · fi avara (wide) · mi korahi (wide) · pl rozległy (wide) · ru широкий (wide) · it ricco (wide) · mi pārāweranui (wide) · ka ფართო (wide) · ja 幅広い (wide) · mi takiraha (wide) · mi whārahi (wide) · it esteso (wide) · de umfangreich (wide) · hu széles körű (wide) · it grande (wide) · no omfangsrik (wide) · sa विशाल (wide) · pt extensivo (wide) · fi laaja (wide) · hi व्यापक (wide) · el εκτεταμένος (wide) · cs rozsáhlý (wide)