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10 Language-to-English DictionariesExtensional
/ɪkˈstɛn.ʃən.əl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Concerned with or consisting of the actual members or instances of a set, class, or concept, rather than its defining properties or attributes.
"The database was organized using an extensional approach by listing every individual record." - 2
In logic and semantics, relating to the extension of a term, meaning the set of things to which the term applies.
"An extensional definition specifies the meaning of a term by pointing to all the objects that fall under it."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Medieval Latin 'extensionalis', stemming from Latin 'extensio' (a stretching out), based on the past participle of 'extendere'. It entered philosophical and logical discourse in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe properties determined by the set of things to which they apply rather than their intrinsic intension.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Extensional" is said worldwide
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extensionnel
Transliteration: ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɛl
"Cette approche logique est purement extensionnelle."
extensional
Transliteration: /ɛkstɛnzi̯oˈnaːl/
"Der Begriff wird in diesem Kontext extensional definiert."
estensionale
Transliteration: e.sten.sjoˈna.le
"La semantica estensionale si basa sui valori di verità."
extensional
Transliteration: eks.ten.sjoˈnal
"La definición extensional enumera todos los elementos."
extensional
Transliteration: is.tẽ.si.uˈnaw
"O sistema adota uma perspectiva extensional."
विस्तारपरक
Transliteration: vistārparak
"यह तर्क एक विस्तारपरक दृष्टिकोण का अनुसरण करता है।"
外延的
Transliteration: wàiyán de
"这是一个外延性的定义方式。"
외연적
Transliteration: oeyeon-jeok
"이 개념은 외연적 의미로 분석됩니다."
外延的
Transliteration: gaienteki
"その用語は外延的に定義されている。"
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