extensityn.

/ɛkˈstɛnsɪti/

Etymology: < Latin extensus (see extense adj. and n.) + -ity suffix.

The quality of having (a certain) extension; in Psychology of the breadth of sensation, as opposed to intensity (see quot. 1886).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun]

space1521

excourse?c1550

extendure1610

extendedness1674

expansion1690

extension1790

development1807

extensitya1834

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > perception of space > breadth of sensation

extensity1874

extensiveness1887

a1834 Coleridge in Blackwood's Mag. (1882) 131 125/2 Intensity and extensity combinable only by blessed spirits.

1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. i. i. §25 Its intensity is in a precisely inverse ratio to its extensity.

1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 46 In our organic sensations, we can distinguish..variations of quality, of intensity, and of what Dr. Bain has called massiveness, or, as we will say, extensity. This last characteristic..is..an essential element in our perception of space.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	extensity
释义	extensityn. /ɛkˈstɛnsɪti/ Etymology: < Latin extensus (see extense adj. and n.) + -ity suffix. The quality of having (a certain) extension; in Psychology of the breadth of sensation, as opposed to intensity (see quot. 1886). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] space1521 excourse?c1550 extendure1610 extendedness1674 expansion1690 extension1790 development1807 extensitya1834 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > perception of space > breadth of sensation extensity1874 extensiveness1887 a1834 Coleridge in Blackwood's Mag. (1882) 131 125/2 Intensity and extensity combinable only by blessed spirits. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. i. i. §25 Its intensity is in a precisely inverse ratio to its extensity. 1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 46 In our organic sensations, we can distinguish..variations of quality, of intensity, and of what Dr. Bain has called massiveness, or, as we will say, extensity. This last characteristic..is..an essential element in our perception of space. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1834
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