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Definition of Extensile
1. Adjective. Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out. "An extensible measuring rule"
Similar to: Protractible, Protractile, Protrusible, Protrusile
Derivative terms: Extend, Extend, Extend, Extend
Antonyms: Nonextensile
Definition of Extensile
1. a. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.
Definition of Extensile
1. Adjective. extensible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extensile
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extensile
Literary usage of Extensile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Researches Into the Properties and Motions of Fluids, with by William Ford Stanley (1881)
"extensile SURFACE CORRUGATIONS. n tensile or extensile, if the cohesive forces
... Motive continuity of surface extensile strains in surface movements upon ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1877)
"Until all of these are obtained, we have not reached the full solution of the
prime question: Whence was it derived in time and space ? ON AN extensile ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1877)
"Until all of these are obtained, we have not reached the full solution of the
prime question: Whence was it derived in time and space? ON AN extensile ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"They are extensile ; their walls when extended are extremely delicate, transparent
... When one of the extensile tentacles is wholly or partially retracted, ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The lobe bearing the thread-cells extends to the top of the tube; the extensile (or
interior) lobe only to the point where this communication exists, ..."
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