Definition of Extensive. Meaning of Extensive. Synonyms of Extensive

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Definition of Extensive

Extensive
Extensive Ex*ten"sive, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. 2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.] Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle.

Meaning of Extensive from wikipedia

- Look up extensive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Extensive may refer to: Extensive property Extensive function Extensional Extension (disambiguation)...
- intensive or extensive, according to how the property changes when the size (or extent) of the system changes. The terms "intensive and extensive quantities"...
- Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers...
- Extensive reading (ER) is the process of reading longer, easier texts for an extended period of time without a breakdown of comprehension, feeling overwhelmed...
- Extensive growth, in economics, is growth in the quantity of output produced based on the expansion of the quantity of inputs used. It contrasts with...
- In game theory, an extensive-form game is a specification of a game allowing (as the name suggests) for the explicit representation of a number of key...
- Extensive stage, or by its full name, the predominantly extensive stage of ac****ulation, pertains to one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed...
- production (extensive) or fish that are fed with external food supply (intensive). Extensive aquaculture is the other form of fish farming. Extensive aquaculture...
- Within economics, margin is a concept used to describe the current level of consumption or production of a good or service. Margin also encomp****es various...
- Air showers are extensive cascades of subatomic particles and ionized nuclei, produced in the atmosphere when a primary cosmic ray enters the atmosphere...