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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out;
- Example: "an extensile tongue"
- Example: "an extensible measuring rule"
[syn: extensile, extensible]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Extensible \Ex*ten"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.] Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" --Holder. [1913 Webster]