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simple extension

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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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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

Mr. Biden has long favored approving a simple extension of the existing treaty, as has the Kremlin.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

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

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

We might say, it is true, that our spiritual life, if it is not a simple extension of external mechanism, yet proceeds according to an internal mechanism equally severe, but of a different order.

From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Vincent Benson

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