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Yeah I guess "extension" is not a precisely defined word. I wanted to make sure other readers didn't interpret like "generalization", meaning that the original
by blt 6y ago
Yeah I guess "extension" is not a precisely defined word. I wanted to make sure other readers didn't interpret like "generalization", meaning that the original narrow concept is precisely a special case of the extension.
- solinent 6y agoYeah, I wouldn't have used extension for a math audience, probably just "related concept", or "application of". In the software context it usually means the opposite--something specific that makes use of some existing functionality.