##  [Extensive Property](/index.php/extensive-property) 

  ##  [Extensive Property](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/extensive-property-0) 

  

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Definition

A property of a system whose value scales with the system’s size or extent and that is additive over disjoint subsystems (e.g., mass, volume, total charge), subject to the proviso that interactions or binding energies may require accounting beyond naive summation.