EXTENSIONAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does extensional mean? • EXTENSIONAL (adjective)
The adjective EXTENSIONAL has 1 sense:
1. defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
Familiarity information: EXTENSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXTENSIONAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
Similar:
denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
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