extensive

== English == === Etymology === From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/, (rare, maybe erroneous) /ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪkˈsten.sɪv/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əkˈsten.səv/ === Adjective === extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive) Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast. (figurative) Considerable in amount. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension. (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === intensive == French == === Adjective === extensive feminine singular of extensif == Latin == === Adjective === extēnsīve vocative masculine singular of extēnsīvus