extensity
Americannoun
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the quality of having extension.
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Psychology. the attribute of sensation from which the perception of spatial extension is developed.
noun
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psychol that part of sensory perception relating to the spatial aspect of objects
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rare the condition of being extensive or extended
Etymology
Origin of extensity
Example Sentences
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By extensity is meant the space-differences of sensations.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
He is well aware of the results of "the breach between quality and quantity," between true duration and pure extensity.
From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander
It will be found that form is essentially extended, inseparable as it is from the extensity of the becoming which has materialized it in the course of its flow.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
What is lacking in extensity of associative reproduction must be added in intensity.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer
The extensity of a sensation depends on the number of nerve endings stimulated.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
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