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 extensity of a sensation depends on the number of nerve endings stimulated.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
Mere increase of pressure implies increase of intensity of sensation; to increase the extensity the area, so to speak, of the exciting stimulus must be increased.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
What is lacking in extensity of associative reproduction must be added in intensity.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer
Hence is derived the coloured presentation of Vision to which the character of extensity attaches.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander
It will be found that form is essentially extended, inseparable as it is from the extensity of the becoming which has materialized it in the course of its flow.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
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