prolongation

[ UK /pɹələŋɡˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of prolonging something
    there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks
  2. amount or degree or range to which something extends
    the wire has an extension of 50 feet
  3. the consequence of being lengthened in duration
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How To Use prolongation In A Sentence

  • Outermost slip from the glenoidal fibro-cartilage; 2, lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation; 3, prolongations of the lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation attached to the end of the navicular bone to form the postero-lateral ligament of the pedal joint; Diseases of the Horse's Foot
  • Elisions, stretti, contractions, prolongations and antiphonal presentations are only some of the devices the composer frequently employs to achieve a pacing that clarifies the overall direction of the melodic trajectory of a piece.
  • The three small intestines are the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum; the duodenum commences at the pylorus, and is continued into the jejunum, which is so called from its being generally found empty: the ileum is only a prolongation of the jejunum, and terminates in the first of the great intestines, called the caecum. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
  • It is a broad, strong bands which covers the odontoid process and its ligaments, and appears to be a prolongation upward of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column. III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
  • Notwithstanding this, he became indignant when the so-called "Avellaneda" published his prolongation of the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and he bestirred himself to furnish his own rounding out of the story and to make all other spurious sequels impossible by killing off his hero. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • A triangular shield hung at his back, and his headpiece was a simple peaked helmet of iron, with a prolongation in front that guarded his nose. Erling the Bold
  • In some drugs, QT prolongation has been associated with torsade de pointes, a potentially fatal arrhythmia. BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories
  • In the center of the vitreous body, running from the entrance of the optic nerve to the posterior surface of the lens, is a canal, the hyaloid canal, filled with lymph and lined by a prolongation of the hyaloid membrane. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media
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  • Sporangia clustered around the slender bristle, which is the prolongation of a vein, and surrounded by a vase-like, slightly two-lipped involucre. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
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