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The act of prolonging something
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prolongation
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Anticipations and extensions are optional components of prolongation regions; when either exists they are weak components relative to the arrival. ▪ Clytemnestra let out an unearthly keening howl, her lips snarling back and her ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prolongation \Pro`lon*ga"tion\, n. [F. prolongation.] The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction. --Bacon. That which forms an additional length.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French prolongation (14c.), from Late Lation prolongationem (nominative prolongatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin prolongare (see prolong ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In music theory , prolongation is the process in tonal music through which a pitch , interval , or consonant triad is able to govern spans of music when not physically sounding. It is a central principle in the music-analytic methodology of Schenkerian ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of prolonging. 2 That which has been prolonged; an extension.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: protraction , perpetuation , lengthening ] amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: extension , ...
Usage examples of prolongation.
Seen from this height, the lake appeared to be on the same level as the ocean, but, on reflection, the engineer explained to his companions that the altitude of this little sheet of water must be about three hundred feet, because the plateau, which was its basin, was but a prolongation of the coast.
Either Hitler must invade and conquer England, or he must face an indefinite prolongation of the war, with all its incalculable hazards and complications.
Harding advanced towards the enormous causeway whose prolongation enclosed the narrow Shark Gulf.
The Western Culture is suffering from disease, and the prolongation of this disease is the prolonging of Chinese conditions in Europe.
Anything can be done once or for a short time, but custom, repetition, prolongation, is always to be avoided when possible in war.
Naturally the prolongation and severity of the fighting in Athens with E.
Having regard to what I had said in the autumn of 1944, I had the feeling that we ought to ask the electors to approve by a referendum, or in some other way, this limited but reasonable prolongation of our tenure.
The prolongation of the German war made it impossible to send the British and British-Indian divisions which you needed, and a good many other units on which you were counting had to be retained in the decisive European theatre.
For the fortunate class there was more comfort, better health, increased stature, a prolongation of youth, and a system of technical knowledge so vast and intricate that no man could know more than its outline or some tiny corner of its detail.
A noticeable circumstance, however, was the prolongation of the period of recovery at these high temperatures.
In connection with this it must be remembered that greater strain consequent on heightened response has a general tendency to a prolongation of the period of recovery.
Thus the longer a wire is stimulated, the more and more overstrained it becomes, and it therefore requires a gradual prolongation of the interval between the successive stimuli, if recovery is to be complete.
This reagent not only diminishes the excitability, but causes a very great prolongation of the period of recovery.
By the action of some the latent period is diminished, others produce a prolongation of the period of recovery.
Java and its eastern prolongation of islands is nothing else but the outward limit of the circumfluent ocean.