extensity

[ ik-sten-si-tee ]
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noun
  1. the quality of having extension.

  2. Psychology. the attribute of sensation from which the perception of spatial extension is developed.

Origin of extensity

1
1825–35; <Latin extēns(us) (see extensive) + -ity

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extensity

/ (ɪkˈstɛnsɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. psychol that part of sensory perception relating to the spatial aspect of objects

  2. rare the condition of being extensive or extended

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