lengthening

lengthening
Synonyms and related words:
continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, crescendoing, crescent, elongation, endurance, expanding, extension, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lingering, maintenance, multiplying, on the increase, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, procrastination, production, progress, progression, proliferating, prolongation, protraction, pursuance, repetition, run, snowballing, spreading, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching, stringing out, sustained action, sustenance, swelling, tension, tightening, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, waxing, way

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  • lengthening — index continuance, continuation (prolongation), cumulative (increasing), development (progression) Burton s Legal Th …   Law dictionary

  • Lengthening — Lengthen Length en ( n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} ( n*[i^]ng).] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; sometimes followed by out …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lengthening — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lengthening — adj. Lengthening is used with these nouns: ↑queue …   Collocations dictionary

  • lengthening — См. allungamento …   Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • lengthening — noun a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens …   Wiktionary

  • lengthening — length·en·ing || leÅ‹(k)θənɪŋ n. act or process of making longer; act of becoming longer adj. causing to increase in length length·en || leŋθən v. make longer; become longer; stretch; further; extend …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lengthening — noun the act of prolonging something (Freq. 1) there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks • Syn: ↑prolongation, ↑protraction, ↑perpetuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑perpetuate ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • lengthening reaction — length·en·ing reaction leŋ(k)th (ə )niŋ , len(t)th n reflex relaxation of a muscle when it is subjected to excessive and vigorous stretching * * * the elongation of the extensor muscles which permits flexion of a limb …   Medical dictionary

  • lengthening contraction — a muscle contraction in which the ends of the muscle move farther apart, as when a limb is forcibly flexed. Called also eccentric c …   Medical dictionary

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