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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elongated, extended, lengthened, prolongedadjective

    drawn out or made longer spatially

    "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

  2. elongate, elongatedadjective

    having notably more length than width; being long and slender

    "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"

GCIDE

  1. elongatedadjective

    rendered longer.

  2. elongatedadjective

    having a length noticeably longer than the width.

Wiktionary

  1. elongatedadjective

    extensive in length

  2. elongatedadjective

    stretched

ChatGPT

  1. elongated

    Elongated refers to something that is extended in length, either from its original form or naturally, often in relation to its width. It is made or has become longer and, in some cases, disproportionately stretched in one direction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Elongated

    of Elongate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of elongated in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of elongated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of elongated in a Sentence

  1. Wang Min:

    The tail fan is aerodynamically functional, whereas the elongated central paired plumes are used for display, which together reflect the interplay between natural selection and sexual selection.

  2. Jeremy DeHart:

    We never know what we're going to find, yet we always have to be thinking two or three steps ahead. So that really makes us need to think about the meteorology [ in each particular storm ], is it a closed low or an open wave ? Maybe it's closed but just elongated ? Is it battling shear ? Are there several smaller swirls competing to be the main circulation center ? Weak storms and invests can be very tricky and require a lot of thinking on our toes.

  3. Thom Tillis:

    I'll be interested to see whether or not that gets elongated over a few days, but I think the going in posture is two, 12-hour periods.

  4. The FWC:

    Warsaw are characterized by an elongated second dorsal spine, they're the only grouper with 10 dorsal spines ; all others have 11. Although adults usually occur in depths of 180-1700 ft, juveniles are occasionally seen around jetties and shallow-water reefs in the northern Gulf.

  5. Randal Taylor:

    I believe it is reasonable to believe that this gun is the individual's, it is a distinct-looking gun with an orange slide and an elongated grip. We are aware of photos showing the driver holding a similar distinctive weapon on social media sites.

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