extensional

Of or pertaining to extension.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to extension.
    • In both the intensional and extensional logic traditions, we see theories of complex terms. In the extensional tradition, disjunctive and conjunctive terms are interpreted by taking the union and intersection of...
  2. Having great extent.

Origin

Etymology tree English extension Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English extensional From extension + -al.

Related

intensional

Derived

extensional definition extensionalism extensionalist extensionality extensionally inextensional nonextensional