Definitions for extenders
extenders
ex·tend·er
Spelling: [ik-sten-der]
IPA: /ɪkˈstɛn dər/
Extenders is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 242 anagrams from letters in extenders (deeenrstx).
Definitions for extenders
noun
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a substance added to another substance, as to paint or food, to increase its volume or bulk:
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Photography. See under converter (def 8).
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a person or thing that converts.
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Electricity. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa.
Compare inverter, synchronous converter.
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Metallurgy. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.
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Television. decoder (def 5).
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Radio and Television. an auxiliary device that permits a receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not originally designed.
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Physics. a reactor for converting one kind of fuel into another kind.
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a person who is engaged in converting textile fabrics, especially cotton cloths, from the raw state into the finished product ready for the market by bleaching, dyeing, etc.
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Also called converter lens. Photography. an additional lens attached to a lens in use on a camera to alter focal length, mounted in front of a lens to produce a wide-angle effect (wide-angle converter) or between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect (teleconverter or extender)
Origin of extenders
First recorded in 1605-15; extend + -er1
Examples for extenders
I shook hands with each one of the High-Pocketses as they filed into the extender.
This extender can be prepared 12 to 24 hours before use if it is stored at refrigerator temperature.
It was apparent by that time that the extender would never be anything in a printing office but a psychological monstrosity.