extent — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estente, extente land valuation, from extendre, estendre to survey, evaluate, literally, to extend Date: 14th century 1. archaic valuation (as of land) in Great Britain especially for taxation 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
John Parkinson (botanist) — Infobox Scientist name = John Parkinson image width = caption = An engraving of Parkinson from his monumental work Theatrum Botanicum (1640), reprinted in Agnes Arber s Herbals (1912). birth date = 1567 birth place = death date = Summer Death… … Wikipedia
Sausmarez Manor — is a historic house in Guernsey. The Original Manor House The first mention of the de Sausmarez family in Guernsey is at the consecration of the Vale church in 1115 followed by a letter dated 1254 in which Prince Edward, Lord of the Isles,… … Wikipedia
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extent — /ik stent /, n. 1. the space or degree to which a thing extends; length, area, volume, or scope: the extent of his lands; to be right to a certain extent. 2. something extended, as a space; a particular length, area, or volume; something having… … Universalium
extent — ex|tent W1S2 [ıkˈstent] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Anglo French; Origin: extente, from Latin extendere; EXTEND] 1.) to ... extent used to say how true something is or how great an effect or change is to a certain extent/to some extent/to an extent… … Dictionary of contemporary English
extent — early 14c., from Anglo Fr. extente, O.Fr. estente valuation of land, stretch of land, from fem. pp. of O.Fr. extendre extend, from L. extendere (see EXTEND (Cf. extend)). Meaning degree to which something extends is from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
extent — noun 1》 the area covered by something. ↘the size or scale of something. 2》 the degree to which something is the case: everyone has to compromise to some extent. Origin ME (in the sense valuation of property ): from Anglo Norman Fr. extente,… … English new terms dictionary
stent — stent1 noun Medicine 1》 a splint placed inside a duct, canal, or blood vessel to aid healing or relieve an obstruction. 2》 an impression or cast of a part or body cavity, used to maintain pressure so as to promote healing, especially of a skin… … English new terms dictionary
extent — ex•tent [[t]ɪkˈstɛnt[/t]] n. 1) the space or degree to which a thing extends: the extent of her property[/ex] 2) something having extension: the limitless extent of the skies[/ex] 3) law a writ by which a debtor s lands are valued and transferred … From formal English to slang
