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1. Films an actor or person temporarily engaged, usually for crowd scenes
2. Cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
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Extra
an actor performing roles without words (or consisting of a few words), often taking part in mass scenes.
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extra
Performed work or a desired item of construction which is beyond the intent of the drawings and specifications contained in a construction contract; an item of work, 1 involving additional cost. Also see addition, 3.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
EXTRA
Object-oriented, Pascal style, handles sets. "A Data Model
and Query Language for EXODUS", M.J. Carey et al, SIGMOD 88
Conf Proc, pp.413- 423, ACM SIGMOD Record 17:3 (Sept 1988).
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