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Meaning of EXTENSIONAL

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (logic) used of the class of entities to which a given word correctly applies
 
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 Synonyms: denotative, denotive
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*ten"sion*al\, a.
Having great extent.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

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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