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Meaning of EXTENSIONAL

Matching Terms:  extensional equality, extensionality

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Extensional properties, e.g. extensional equality, relate to the "black-box" behaviour of an object, i.e. how its output depends on its input. The opposite is intensional which concerns how the object is implemented.

 
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