protension

English

Etymology

From Latin prōtēnsiō, from prōtendō (“draw out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɛnʃən/, /pɹoʊˈtɛnʃən/
• Homophone: pretension (some accents)

Noun

protension (countable and uncountable, plural protensions)

1. A drawing out; extension; stretching; duration.
   • 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:

     Time, Protension or protensive quantity, called likewise Duration, is a necessary condition of thought. It may be considered both in itself and in the things which it contains.

Related terms

• protend
• protensive

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “protension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• pontoniers, portension, prenotions