lengthening
noun
1 lengthening
The act of prolonging something.
synonyms: perpetuation, prolongation, protraction.
Roget 200:
length,
longitude,
span;
mileage;
distance
etc.
196.
line,
bar,
rule,
stripe,
streak,
spoke,
radius.
lengthening
etc.
v.;
prolongation,
production,
protraction;
tension,
tensure†;
extension.
[Measures of length]
line,
nail,
inch,
hand,
palm,
foot,
cubit,
yard,
ell,
fathom,
rood,
pole,
furlong,
mile,
league;
chain,
link;
arpent†,
handbreadth†,
jornada [U.S.],
kos†,
vara†.
[astronomical units of distance]
astronomical unit,
AU,
light-year,
parsec.
[metric units of length]
nanometer,
nm,
micron,
micrometer,
millimicron,
millimeter,
mm,
centimeter,
cm,
meter,
kilometer,
km.
pedometer,
perambulator;
scale
etc.
(measurement)
466.
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Dutch: vereeuwiging, verlenging, verlengstuk
Polish: prolongacja, prolongata
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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