Extension Service

Definition: Extension Service

Extension Service

Noun

1. An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students.

Specialty Definition: Extension Service

Domain	Definition
Agriculture	Refers to a nationwide continuing education system that is based on the academic programs of the land grant colleges of agriculture (see Cooperative Extension System). The term also is the former name of the USDA agency that distributed federal funds to the states under the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 to carry out Extension programs. The 1994 USDA reorganization merged this agency with the Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) to form the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Extension Service

Synonyms: extension (n), university extension (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Extension Service

English words defined with "extension service": extension course. (references)

Specialty definitions using "extension service": CSREES, CSRS ♦ DIRECTOR, EXTENSION WORK ♦ INSTRUCTOR, EXTENSION WORK ♦ SPECIALIST-IN-CHARGE, EXTENSION SERVICE. (references)

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Photo Album: Extension Service

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	Kenneth Grimes (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, Fresno County, CA, and Michael Yang (left), University of California Extension Service, Fresno, CA, survey drip irrigation installed by Hmoung farmers in raised beds to grow lettuce. [Slide 97CS2971]. Credit: Bob Nichols.		University of California Extension Service staff and Chu Yang (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, Fresno, CA, survey drip irrigation installed in raised beds prepared to grow strawberries. [Slide 97CS2976]. Credit: Bob Nichols.
	Michael Yang (left), University of California Extension Service and Chu Yang (right), NRCS, Soil Conservationist, Fresno, California survey drip irrigation installed in raised beds prepared to grow strawberries. Credit: USDA.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Extension Service

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If you are not sure if a person has head lice, the diagnosis should be made by a health care provider, school nurse, or a professional from the local health department or agricultural extension service. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Extension Service

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
texas agricultural extension service	34	extension service uvm	4
extension service	26	arkansas cooperative extension service university	4
cooperative extension service	25	extension service usu	4
university of minnesota extension service	22	county extension service	4
clemson extension service	17	colorado extension service state	4
engineering extension service texas	16	clemson extension service university	3
extension service texas	14	colorado extension service state university	3
texas a m extension service	12	csu extension service	3
osu extension service	11	county extension service texas	3
alabama cooperative extension service	9	extension service uga	3
agriculture extension service texas	9	alaska cooperative extension service	3
arkansas cooperative extension service	9	extension service utah	3
cooperative extension service texas	8	arkansas extension service university	3
alabama extension service	7	auburn extension service	3
arkansas extension service	6	agricultural extension service tennessee university	3
colorado extension service	6	cooperative extension service virginia	3
agricultural extension service	6	extension service wvu	3
msu extension service	6	extension service university virginia west	3
extension service virginia	5	arizona extension service	3
extension service state washington	5	agriculture extension service	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Extension Service

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-o-r-s-s-t-v-x"
	-4 letters: inexistences, insectivores, intercession, venesections.
	-5 letters: coextensive, convexities, inexistence, insectivore, inventories, nervosities, overexcites, overintense, renitencies, resentences, venesection.
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