extensible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of extensible
First recorded in 1605–15; extens(ion) + -ible
Example Sentences
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In addition, the researchers implemented this architecture on a chip using an extensible fabrication process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
Unlike wheat-based sourdoughs, gluten-free doughs made with psyllium husk powder are not extensible — they cannot stretch.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2022
“It’s important to be open and extensible, so you can teleport to different worlds whether it’s by one company or another company, the same way I go from one web page to another web page.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
A moist environment also prevents the crust from drying out and hardening, keeping dough flexible and extensible for longer, and allowing the gas bubbles to expand further before setting for a more even open-crumb structure.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2021
It may be used as a reproach in warning against careless reasoning and hasty comparison, but the idea of anthropomorphism is so extensible that it can be extended over all human reasoning and conception.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by G. A. Zimmermann
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