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• Extant — may refer to: * Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, such as an extant species. * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as Beowulf , the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Hank Hall, also known as Extant, the DC Comics… …   Wikipedia

• Extant — Ex tant, a. [L. extans, antis, or exstans, antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See {Stand}.] 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. [1913 Webster] That part of the teeth which …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Extant literature — refers to texts that have survived from the past to the present time. Extant literature can be divided into extant original manuscripts, copies of original manuscripts, quotations and paraphrases of passages of non extant texts contained in other …   Wikipedia

• extant — extánt adj. m., pl. extánţi; f. sg. extántă, pl. extánte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  EXTÁNT, Ă adj. (jur.) Care există în natură. [< …   Dicționar Român

• Extant taxon — Extant is a term commonly used to refer to taxa (such as species, genera or families) that are still in existence (living). The term extant contrasts with extinct . For example, Brandt s Cormorant is an extant species, while the Spectacled… …   Wikipedia

• extant — used to mean just ‘existing’, so that heresy, fashion, roads, etc. could all be extant. Now, it means ‘continuing to exist’, i.e. having withstood the ravages of time, so that ancient texts, fossils, species, literature, organisms, old churches,… …   Modern English usage

• extant, extent — Extant (pronounced EKS tuhnt or ek STANT ) means still in existence, not destroyed or lost. Extent (pronounced ek STENT or ik STENT ) means scope, range, comprehensiveness. The extent of the land can be determined by extant property lines …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• extant — I adjective alive, current, currently existing, existent, existing, exstare, in being, in current use, in existence, living, not extinct, not lost, present, standing, still existing, still to be found, subsistent, surviving, undestroyed, visible… …   Law dictionary

• extant — extant, ante (èk stan, stan t ) adj. Terme vieilli de pratique. Qui est en nature. Tous les effets extants de la succession. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. exstans, existant, de ex, et stare, être debout (voy. stable) …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• extant — 1540s, standing out above a surface, from L. extantem (nom. extans), prp. of extare stand out, be visible, exist, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + stare to stand, from PIE root *sta to stand (see STET (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• extant — [adj] in existence actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed; concepts 539,582 Ant.… …   New thesaurus