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elongated

elongated adjective: extensive in length (physical distance, or time). Also the simple past and past participle of elongate.

Adjective

elongated (comparative more elongated, superlative most elongated)

  1. Extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
    • But his serve instantly came under intense pressure against Alcaraz in an elongated start which included a 12-minute opening game.2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC
  2. Stretched.
  3. Of a polyhedron, having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.

Also used as

elongated is also the simple past and past participle of elongate.

elongated meaning in Indonesian and Persian

elongated in Indonesian

extensive in length
memanjang
stretched
memanjang

elongated in Persian

extensive in length
طویل tavil

Examples of elongated in a sentence

  • The binervate wings of this species are elongated and nearly transparent.
  • In its elongated form, the shen ring became the cartouche which enclosed and protected a royal name.
  • The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.

All 40 example sentences with elongated

Forms of elongated

comparativemore elongated
superlativemost elongated

Words formed from elongated

Phrases with elongated

Questions about elongated

What does elongated mean?
Elongated means extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
What is elongated in Indonesian?
Elongated in Indonesian is memanjang. See Elongated meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is elongated?
Elongated is an adjective.

Words near elongated in the dictionary

  1. elongases
  2. elongasome
  3. elongasomes
  4. elongate
  5. elongate tigerfish
  6. elongated
  7. Elongated Muskrat
  8. elongatedly
  9. elongatedness
  10. elongately
  11. elongates

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