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Definition of Extender
1. n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
Definition of Extender
1. Noun. Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material. ¹
2. Noun. Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device. ¹
3. Noun. (climbing) Another term for runner or quick-draw. (from sense #2) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extender
1. a substance added to another substance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extender
Literary usage of Extender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by Henry Stalman, John Scriven (1846)
"... be entitled to a fine upon the admission of the extender (m). ... upon the
issuing of a writ of elegit: and the provision that the extender shall make, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1845)
"extender FOR REDUCING DISLOCATIONS.—By MB. GN Epps, university College, London.
... He can, in addition, by means of the rack, fix the extender at the point ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1873)
"_ON THE SPIRAL SPRING extender ; BEING A NEW AND SIMPLE APPARATUS FOR MAKING
EXTENSION IN DISEASED JOINTS, &c. By C. HOLTHOUSE, Esq., Surgeon to the ..."
4. A Glossary of Biological, Anatomical, and Physiological Terms by Thomas Dunman (1879)
"Exten'sor car'pi radia'lis lon'gns (L. long radial extender of the carpus).—One
of the muscles of the manus supplied to the second metacarpal. ..."
5. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"15 Exophthalmic goitre, cases of, and titles of papers on, 77 Exostosis from
first rib, removal of (Bir- kett), 240 extender, spiral spring (Holthouse), ..."
6. Commercial Nomenclature by John K. Chandler, John C. Redman, Virginia H. Wood, Caroline S. Larner (1897)
"Máquinas de extender Correas. Máquinas de extender Paños. ... Máquinas de extender
Cuero. Máquinas de Estirar Scda. PORTUGUESE. Machinas do Pregar Alfinetes ..."
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