extensity
Americannoun
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the quality of having extension.
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Psychology. the attribute of sensation from which the perception of spatial extension is developed.
noun
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psychol that part of sensory perception relating to the spatial aspect of objects
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rare the condition of being extensive or extended
Etymology
Origin of extensity
Example Sentences
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The Attributes of Sensation.—Sensations differ from each other in at least four respects; namely, quality, intensity, extensity, and duration.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
What is lacking in extensity of associative reproduction must be added in intensity.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
This it cannot do if confined to an insignificant spot; it must be given extensity.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
The extensity of a sensation depends on the number of nerve endings stimulated.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
Within the extensity that 'extreme' contains is contained the 'extreme' of intensity.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
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