extensibilityn.
/ɛkˌstɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being extensible; capability of being extended.
a. Capacity of being stretched out to greater length or area.
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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching > capacity for
extendibility1477
extension1594
extensibilitya1640
extensiveness1701
extensibleness1727
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity > capability of being stretched
extendibility1477
extension1594
extensibilitya1640
tensibility1676
extensiveness1701
extensibleness1727
distensibility1758
stretch1875
stretchability1940
stretchiness1963
a1640 J. Ball Power of Godlines (1657) ii. v. 145 Water..is a..moist body, greater then the earth if we respect naturall extensibility.
1665 C. Merrett Acct. Freezing 26 in R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold A Copper Box..which did bear three several freezings, by reason of the great extensibility of that metal.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. v. §17 In what precise manner, they are Mixed together, so as to give a Fiber, Extensibility..who can say?
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §173 An increase of temperature affects also the extensibility of bodies.
b. in immaterial sense.
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1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 448 An extensibility of power, all but boundless.
1881 W. D. Whitney Mixt. in Lang. 9 A pure scientific induction..dependent for..its extensibility to further cases..upon the number..of the cases already observed.
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