extensión

Definitions of extensión
  1. noun
    act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
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    difusión, propagación
    act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
    estiramiento, estirón
    extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
    diseminación, disgregación, dispersión, diáspora
    the act of dispersing or diffusing something
    desbandada, dispersión
    the act of scattering
    descentralización
    the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
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    ampliación, expansión
    the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
  2. noun
    exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
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    entrenamiento
    the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
  3. noun
    continuance in time
    synonyms: duración
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    dilatación, prolongación
    the consequence of being lengthened in duration
    cortedad
    the property of being of short temporal extent
    brevedad
    the attribute of being brief or fleeting
    permanencia
    the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
    longevidad
    duration of service
    perennidad, perpetuidad
    the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
    durabilidad
    permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
    interinidad
    the property of lasting only a short time
    transitoriedad
    an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
    inmortalidad
    the quality or state of being immortal
  4. noun
    an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
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    actitud, ademán, postura
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  5. noun
    spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
    synonyms: amplitud, capacidad, holgura
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    aforo, cabida
    the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.
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    tamaño
    the property of having a relatively great size
  6. noun
    the distance or area or volume over which something extends
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    aledaño, colmo, confín, frontera, frontero, límite, raya, término, ámbito
    the greatest possible degree of something
    ámbito
    an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
    máximo
    the greatest possible degree
    confines, límites
    a bounded scope
    internacionalidad, internacionalismo
    quality of being international in scope
    latitud
    scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
    horizonte
    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
    espectro
    a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
    paleta
    the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
    blanco, espacio en blanco
    a blank area
    sección
    (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
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    magnitud
    the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
  7. noun
    a wide scope
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    ámbito
    an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
  8. noun
    an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
  9. noun
    amount or degree or range to which something extends
    synonyms: alargamiento, prolongación
  10. noun
    the limit of capability
    synonyms: alcance, envergadura, ámbito
  11. noun
    process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
    synonyms: difusión, diseminación, expansión, generalización, propagación
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    dispersión
    spreading widely or driving off
    diáspora
    the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
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    desplazamiento
    a movement through space that changes the location of something
  12. noun
    a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
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    espacio
    an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
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