simple extension

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. an extension field of a given field, obtained by forming all polynomials in a specified element with coefficients contained in the given field.

---

Example Sentences

And jewelry, Cerritos Gahr’s Amarie Allen said, is a simple extension of that ritual, providing a sense of stability unique to each athlete.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023

If you’re grasping for a debate strategy, you have bigger problems than debating: Your message should be a simple extension of your overall campaign message and strategy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2020

Maybe I’m old-fashioned, or maybe just old, but to me the lavish pool-party side of things is secondary to the spirit of the swimming pool as a simple extension of daily living.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2017

I think in short that the Riley decision is best explained as a simple extension of the law limiting physical search and seizures without a warrant.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2014

This revolution was effected by a simple extension of the Hippocratic method from the bed to the dead-house, and by correlating the signs and symptoms of a disease with its anatomical appearances.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William