extensive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.
Inflected forms:
form: more extensive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most extensive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Considerable in amount.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: I have done extensive research on the subject.
gloss: Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
pos: adj
examples: According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.
Related words: extend
extense
extent
intensive
Derived words: antiextensive
coextensive
co-extensive
extensive form game
extensively
extensiveness
extensive property
extensivity
nonextensive
overextensive
subextensive
superextensive
ultraextensive
unextensive
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ընդարձակ
roman: əndarjak
lang: Bulgarian
word: пространен
roman: prostranen
lang: Catalan
word: extens
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 廣泛 /广泛
roman: guǎngfàn
lang: Czech
word: rozsáhlý
lang: Danish
word: ekstensiv
lang: Dutch
word: uitgebreid
lang: Esperanto
word: vasta
lang: Finnish
word: laaja
lang: Finnish
word: avara
lang: French
word: étendu
lang: Georgian
word: ფართო
roman: parto
lang: German
word: umfangreich
lang: Greek
word: εκτενής
roman: ektenís
lang: Greek
word: εκτεταμένος
roman: ektetaménos
lang: Hindi
word: विस्तृत
roman: vistŕt
lang: Hindi
word: व्यापक
roman: vyāpak
lang: Hungarian
word: kiterjedt
lang: Hungarian
word: széles körű
lang: Italian
word: vasto
lang: Italian
word: molto
lang: Italian
word: estenso
lang: Italian
word: esteso
lang: Italian
word: grande
lang: Italian
word: ricco
lang: Japanese
word: 幅広い
roman: habahiroi
lang: Korean
word: 광대한
roman: gwangdaehan
lang: Latin
word: extentus
lang: Latin
word: effūsus
lang: Māori
word: takiraha
lang: Māori
word: pārāweranui
lang: Māori
word: whakatikotiko
lang: Māori
word: whārahi
lang: Māori
word: rangiwhāwhā
lang: Māori
word: whakahara
lang: Māori
word: korahi
lang: Eastern Mari
word: кумда
roman: kumda
lang: Norwegian
word: omfattende
lang: Norwegian
word: omfangsrik
lang: Polish
word: rozległy
lang: Portuguese
word: extensivo
lang: Russian
word: обши́рный
roman: obšírnyj
lang: Russian
word: широкий
roman: širokij
lang: Sanskrit
word: विस्तीर्ग
roman: vistīrṇa
lang: Sanskrit
word: विशाल
roman: viśāla
lang: Spanish
word: extenso
lang: Spanish
word: extensivo
lang: Spanish
word: extendiente
lang: Ukrainian
word: обши́рний
roman: obšýrnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: широ́кий
roman: šyrókyj