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elongate

ɪˈlɔŋgeɪt
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Elongated fragment of brocatel of the mantle of Abbot Arnoldo Ramón of San Cugat de Vallés in green, white and gold. It shows a horizontal pattern of hexagons in which two lions standing backwards with heads facing each other, within a double concentric circle. Between the hexagons are vertical bands with several rows of upright lobed palmettes. The top and bottom of the hexagons are edged by diagonal bands with a zigzag motif. Selvedge present turned left to back.
Elongated fragment of brocatel of the mantle of Abbot Arnoldo Ramón of San Cugat de Vallés in green, white and gold. It shows a horizontal pattern of hexagons in which two lions standing backwards with heads facing each other, within a double concentric circle. Between the hexagons are vertical bands with several rows of upright lobed palmettes. The top and bottom of the hexagons are edged by diagonal bands with a zigzag motif. Selvedge present turned left to back.
  1. (adj) elongate
    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"
  2. (adj) elongate
    (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
  3. (v) elongate
    make long or longer by pulling and stretching "stretch the fabric"
Illustrations
Elongated bronze plaque. In the left foreground Mary with the child. Elisabeth kneels in front of her, her left arm wrapped around the young Johannes, who shows the child a bird in the right hand, under the left arm he clamps a crosswood. Behind this greeting stands Jozef, a pointed cap on his head. Above them a velum is stretched between the trees. On the right, a gnarled tree stump on the second plan.
Elongated bronze plaque. In the left foreground Mary with the child. Elisabeth kneels in front of her, her left arm wrapped around the young Johannes, who shows the child a bird in the right hand, under the left arm he clamps a crosswood. Behind this greeting stands Jozef, a pointed cap on his head. Above them a velum is stretched between the trees. On the right, a gnarled tree stump on the second plan.
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea stand opposite each other on a rocky, elongated ground, bearing the stiff body of Christ on a limp linen cloth between them. In the foreground, Mary Magdalene is kneeling, in profile a little to the left and a little forward, with her left hand holding the linen cloth together, while with the right she lifts the lid of the ointment canister, which is on the ground in front of her. Behind Christ, Mary kneels over him with folded hands and looks down at the averted face of her son. She is supported under the arms by St. Jan, who is behind her. To their left, two women, one with devoutly folded hands, the other with a jar of spices; both look somewhat absent. To the right of St. Jan is Simon of Cyrene (?), Who also holds the linen cloth with his right hand and holds the left hand above the belt with the purse hanging from it. Diagonally behind him a woman, holding her right hand in front of her chest, while lifting her skirt slightly with the other. On the bottom lie a book and, overturned, a second ointment can with the lid next to it. Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea are almost similar in gesture and dress, each wearing a richly decorated Jewish hat with a raised front brim and a back-hanging sash; furthermore, one or two dalmatian-style suits over a long-sleeved robe; the figure on the left has a tippet and bracket bag on a belt. His arms pass through the side slits of the long sleeves of the rug, which are laid in a loose loop at the back; the sleeves are turned up in the right figure. Magdalena's cloak, covered with her wavy hair, slips off her back, covering part of her footwear. Mary wears the robe over her head and a veil that falls in front of her. St. John's open cloak, buttoned in front of the chest, leaves part of his tunic free. The woman to his left wears a turban over her headscarf and holds up a wad of her cloak with her right forearm; the figure to her left has a cloak over her head, which is taken up under the arms, the woman on the far right has a turban with a dropping slip over a cap. Simon with chaperon and shoulder collar wears petticoat and jerkin with belt, from which the purse hangs.
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea stand opposite each other on a rocky, elongated ground, bearing the stiff body of Christ on a limp linen cloth between them. In the foreground, Mary Magdalene is kneeling, in profile a little to the left and a little forward, with her left hand holding the linen cloth together, while with the right she lifts the lid of the ointment canister, which is on the ground in front of her. Behind Christ, Mary kneels over him with folded hands and looks down at the averted face of her son. She is supported under the arms by St. Jan, who is behind her. To their left, two women, one with devoutly folded hands, the other with a jar of spices; both look somewhat absent. To the right of St. Jan is Simon of Cyrene (?), Who also holds the linen cloth with his right hand and holds the left hand above the belt with the purse hanging from it. Diagonally behind him a woman, holding her right hand in front of her chest, while lifting her skirt slightly with the other. On the bottom lie a book and, overturned, a second ointment can with the lid next to it. Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea are almost similar in gesture and dress, each wearing a richly decorated Jewish hat with a raised front brim and a back-hanging sash; furthermore, one or two dalmatian-style suits over a long-sleeved robe; the figure on the left has a tippet and bracket bag on a belt. His arms pass through the side slits of the long sleeves of the rug, which are laid in a loose loop at the back; the sleeves are turned up in the right figure. Magdalena's cloak, covered with her wavy hair, slips off her back, covering part of her footwear. Mary wears the robe over her head and a veil that falls in front of her. St. John's open cloak, buttoned in front of the chest, leaves part of his tunic free. The woman to his left wears a turban over her headscarf and holds up a wad of her cloak with her right forearm; the figure to her left has a cloak over her head, which is taken up under the arms, the woman on the far right has a turban with a dropping slip over a cap. Simon with chaperon and shoulder collar wears petticoat and jerkin with belt, from which the purse hangs.
The elongated window in the right cabinet is The Passion of Christ from the Musée Municipal in Sens. To the left of it hangs Scenes depicting the Martyrdom of St. Vincent from Rouen Cathedral.
The elongated window in the right cabinet is The Passion of Christ from the Musée Municipal in Sens. To the left of it hangs Scenes depicting the Martyrdom of St. Vincent from Rouen Cathedral.
View of the Dutch settlement on Lawec in Cambodia. Some gated elongated buildings on a large flat gated area on the bank of a river.
View of the Dutch settlement on Lawec in Cambodia
Envelope bag made of crocodile leather, elongated with a crocodile head on the hanging flap. The bag has an elongated model with a hanging flap. The bag consists of two compartments with a narrow middle compartment with a metal zipper. In the front pocket a compartment with a mirror, in the back pocket a purse. The closure under the flap by means of a push button. On the back of the bag a handle made of crocodile leather. The bag is trimmed with braided leather strips. Brushed leather lining and plain brown leather on the peak.
Envelope bag made of crocodile leather, elongated with a crocodile head on the hanging flap. The bag has an elongated model with a hanging flap. The bag consists of two compartments with a narrow middle compartment with a metal zipper. In the front pocket a compartment with a mirror, in the back pocket a purse. The closure under the flap by means of a push button. On the back of the bag a handle made of crocodile leather. The bag is trimmed with braided leather strips. Brushed leather lining and plain brown leather on the peak.
Two performances on one plate. Above: a group of early Christian bishops around an elongated table. They indulge in food and drink. Below: some drunken bishops sleep off their intoxication in a bedroom.
Two performances on one plate. Above: a group of early Christian bishops around an elongated table. They indulge in food and drink. Below: some drunken bishops sleep off their intoxication in a bedroom.
Tortoiseshell comb with a lace-cut midfield and teeth on either side. Model: elongated, wide and flat model. Teeth on the long sides. Decoration: geometric shapes are cut out in the midfield.
Tortoiseshell comb with a lace-cut midfield and teeth on either side. Model: elongated, wide and flat model. Teeth on the long sides. Decoration: geometric shapes are cut out in the midfield.
Elongated plaque or tile of multi-colored painted faience. The tile depicts a landscape with a house in the foreground with a woman in the door and three men in front of the house. In the background a city is painted in front of a mountain. The tile is signed: G. Verhaast.
Elongated plaque or tile of multi-colored painted faience. The tile depicts a landscape with a house in the foreground with a woman in the door and three men in front of the house. In the background a city is painted in front of a mountain. The tile is signed: G. Verhaast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Elongate
    Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form."
  2. Elongate
    To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
  3. Elongate
    To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
  4. Elongate
    To remove further off.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. elongate
    To make long or longer; lengthen; extend, stretch, or draw out in length: as, to elongate a rope by splicing.
  2. elongate
    To remove further off.
  3. elongate
    To recede; move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
  4. elongate
    Lengthened; extended or produced; attenuated; specifically, in zoology and botany, disproportionately or comparatively long or extended: as, a worm has an elongate body; a proboscis is an elongate snout; elongate antennæ are about as long as the body of an insect; elongate elytra extend beyond the abdomen; an elongate flower-stem.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Elongate
    e-long′gāt to make longer: to extend
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare, to remove, to prolong; e, + L. longus, long. See Long (a.), and cf. Eloign

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Low L. elongāre, -ātum—e, out, longus, long.

Usage in the news

Elongated dogs flash their speed in 2009 Wiener Dog Races on River Street. savannahnow.com

How to Get Cameron Diaz's Elongated Pixie Cut. latina.com

Post & Mail photo / Brianne Eichman: Crossing the pavement, this praying mantis stands tall in the afternoon sun, making an elongated, vertical shadow that dwarfs itself. thepostandmail.com

When prosciutto di Parma ham is boned before it is sold, it is pressed into a flattened shape, resulting in the typical elongated slice. nytimes.com

Rutabagas are elongated, yellow, and have roots coming out from the lower parts. maconcountychronicle.com

"The schematics appear to match up with images that surfaced a day earlier, showing an elongated back panel claimed to be from Apple's next iPhone," the report notes. maclife.com

The flat, elongated pods are densest at their seed-containing ends, a configuration that causes them to rotate while falling. ired.com

Most incoming objects must strike at some angle from vertical, so why don't the majority of impact sites have elongated, teardrop shapes. sciam.com

An absorbent article with an elongated shape and longitudinal and transverse directions was patented. nonwovens-industry.com

An elongated absorbent body has been patented by Unicharm. nonwovens-industry.com

The article includes an elongated body with an expansion element for permitting the elongated body to expand in a transverse direction to the elongated body. nonwovens-industry.com

The article includes an elongated body with an expansion element for permitting the elongated body to expand in a transverse directio. nonwovens-industry.com

From the weak candidates to the elongated calendar, everybody has a different theory for why the Republican presidential contest is taking so long. theatlantic.com

Her resulting Spring 2008 denim line features jeans with inseams of 31 inches, as well as a higher knee break to elongate shorter legs. honolulumagazine.com

Our vet's assistant mentioned an elongated throat. dogchannel.com

Usage in scientific papers

The refraction causes the point spread function to be elongated in the direction toward the zenith.
A simple method of correcting magnitudes for the errors introduced by atmospheric refraction

When the field size is large then the zenith distance varies and the degree of the PSF elongation is changing when moving across the field.
A simple method of correcting magnitudes for the errors introduced by atmospheric refraction

An unresolved binary composed of stars with much different spectral types should have the point spread function more elongated in the direction to the zenith compared to the normal case of a single star.
A simple method of correcting magnitudes for the errors introduced by atmospheric refraction

The host is peculiar for its elongated shape, blue spectrum, and for housing the burst within <∼ 70 pc of its center, without any extinction signature in the afterglow spectra.
Gamma-Ray Bursts: their Sources

Radio halos have a regular morphology resembling that of the thermal Xray emission and no sign of polarization, whereas radio relics are elongated, located at the periphery of a cluster, and exhibit polarized emission (Feretti, these proceedings).
Non-thermal particles in the intergalactic and intracluster medium

Usage in literature

From the ear of the scroll the turn is rapidly made, and has an elongated appearance. "The Violin" by George Hart

And then there was one with elongated face, Who seemed to have made a mistake in the place. "The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863" by Various

All over the body we find a tendency to elongate certain muscles too much. "How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions" by S. S. Curry

The people were not naturally born elongated. "Across Coveted Lands" by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

His legs and neck were elongated out of all proportion to the rest of his body. "Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories" by Mrs. Woods Baker

Hind wings elongate or tailed. "Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection" by Alfred Russel Wallace

The elongation was both upwards and sideways. "Across Unknown South America" by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

The long ominous shadows of the guards raised elongated guns. "A World is Born" by Leigh Douglass Brackett

I have the conviction at this moment that we are at the point of proving for ourselves the elongation of the psychic's limbs! "The Shadow World" by Hamlin Garland

Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an elongated head. "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin

Usage in poetry
But the vision that extends to that horizon
That remains plunged in the very same darkness
And the ever-elongating path like an endless reptile
Seeming to devour the earth.
"I Have Walked So Long" by Arun Mitra
condign Heaven. Tighten into a ball
elongate & valved Henry. Tuck him peace.
Render him sightless,
or ruin at high rate his crampon focus,
wipe out his need. Reduce him to the rest of us.
—But, Bones, you is that.
"Dream Song 25: Henry, edged, decidedly, made up stories" by John Berryman