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Extent
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- 1 Extended. obsolete
"But both his Hands, most filthy feculent, Above the Water were on high extent,"
- 1 A range of values or locations.
- 2 the distance or area or volume over which something extends wordnet
- 3 The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
"I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word."
- 4 the point or degree to which something extends wordnet
- 5 A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
"Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent."
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- 6 The valuation of property.
- 7 A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
"Well, push him out of doors; And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn him going."
- 8 A former tent
Etymology
From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)
From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)
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