extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.-room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.-extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.-extent; size; amplitude; scope.-distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.-the angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.