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extensibility|ɛkˌstɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity. Cf. F. extensibilité.]
The quality of being extensible; capability of being extended. a. Capacity of being stretched out to greater length or area.
a1640J. Ball Power Godl. ii. v. (1657) 145 Water..is a..moist body, greater then the earth if we respect naturall extensibility. 1662Boyle Acc. Freezing Wks. 1772 II. 706 A copper box..which did bear three several freezings, by reason of the great extensibility of that metal. 1711Grew Cosm. Sacra ii. v. 54 In what precise manner they are Mixed, so as to give a Fiber Extensibility..who can say? 1871B. Stewart Heat §173 An increase of temperature affects also the extensibility of bodies.
b. in immaterial sense.
1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 448 An extensibility of power, all but boundless. 1881Whitney Mixt. Lang. 9 A pure scientific induction..dependent for..its extensibility to further cases..upon the number..of the cases already observed. |