extensivenessn.

Etymology: formed as extensive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtensiveness.

The quality or fact of being extensive.

1. Extensive character or nature; widespread range; comprehensiveness, breadth; also, the dimensions to which a thing is extended; extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

micklenesseOE

mickleheadc1300

greatnessc1330

micklehooda1400

muchheada1425

magnitude?a1475

muchness1494

largeness1528

ampleness1566

grandeur1599

extensiveness1639

stupendosity1828

massiveness1855

1639 Sir R. Baker in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxx. 6 Of the extensiveness [of our watching] there can be none [question].

1666 J. Sergeant Let. of Thanks 99 Tradition, when a Heresy arises, gains more of Intensitiveness and vigor than it loses in it's Extensiveness.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 28 b A sufficient number of Columns for the extensiveness of their area.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 260 The extensiveness of the uses to which the article can be applied.

1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxv. 127 Her interests had grandly developed..to an extensiveness truly European.

†2. The fact of being extended; wide diffusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being > widely, of something immaterial

latitude1612

diffusednessa1626

diffusivenessa1631

spread1644

extensiveness1656

worldwideness1890

globality1931

1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 215 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity The bounty and liberality of men may be disinabled, by extensivenesse unto too many.

1769 W. Hewson in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 223 The extensiveness of this system through so many classes of animals.

†3. Capability of being extended or dilated.

ΘΚΠ

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

1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 30 We take notice of the wonderful dilatability or extensiveness of the Throats..of Serpents.

1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 2 What Extensiveness can there be in their souls?

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.

4. = extensity n.

ΘΚΠ

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

extensity1874

extensiveness1887

1887 W. James in Mind 12 2 Extensiveness, being an entirely peculiar kind of feeling..can itself receive no other name than that of sensational element.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	extensiveness
释义	extensivenessn. Etymology: formed as extensive adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtensiveness. The quality or fact of being extensive. 1. Extensive character or nature; widespread range; comprehensiveness, breadth; also, the dimensions to which a thing is extended; extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] micklenesseOE mickleheadc1300 greatnessc1330 micklehooda1400 muchheada1425 magnitude?a1475 muchness1494 largeness1528 ampleness1566 grandeur1599 extensiveness1639 stupendosity1828 massiveness1855 1639 Sir R. Baker in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxx. 6 Of the extensiveness [of our watching] there can be none [question]. 1666 J. Sergeant Let. of Thanks 99 Tradition, when a Heresy arises, gains more of Intensitiveness and vigor than it loses in it's Extensiveness. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 28 b A sufficient number of Columns for the extensiveness of their area. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 260 The extensiveness of the uses to which the article can be applied. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxv. 127 Her interests had grandly developed..to an extensiveness truly European. †2. The fact of being extended; wide diffusion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being > widely, of something immaterial latitude1612 diffusednessa1626 diffusivenessa1631 spread1644 extensiveness1656 worldwideness1890 globality1931 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 215 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity The bounty and liberality of men may be disinabled, by extensivenesse unto too many. 1769 W. Hewson in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 223 The extensiveness of this system through so many classes of animals. †3. Capability of being extended or dilated. ΘΚΠ 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 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 30 We take notice of the wonderful dilatability or extensiveness of the Throats..of Serpents. 1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 2 What Extensiveness can there be in their souls? 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. 4. = extensity n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > perception of space > breadth of sensation extensity1874 extensiveness1887 1887 W. James in Mind 12 2 Extensiveness, being an entirely peculiar kind of feeling..can itself receive no other name than that of sensational element. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1639
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