counterextension

noun — 2 senses

counterextension

noun

Etymology From counter- + extension.

1

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.

2

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.

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