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.

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Example Sentences

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

Such a deal would be historic, but since it would require a major breakthrough it is less likely than a simple extension, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2014

Some diplomats said a simple extension of the negotiations was possible, and a senior Iranian official said this could be until March.

From Reuters • Nov. 12, 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