Extensional

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extensional \Ex*ten"sion*al\, a.
     Having great extent.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  extensional
       adj : used of the class of entities to which a given word
             correctly applies

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  extensional
       
          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.