Definitions of oblong [ˈɒbˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ]

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Definition of 'oblong'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) oblong
elongated, usu. from the square or circular form.

2. oblong
in the form of a rectangle one of whose dimensions is greater than the other.

3. (n.) oblong
an oblong figure.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME oblonge < L oblongus=ob-ob - +longuslong¹)

Definition of 'oblong'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) oblong
a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation

2. (adj) oblong
(of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides

3. (adj) oblong
deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction

Definition of 'oblong'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) oblong
having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular

2. (noun) oblong
a rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad

Translation of 'oblong'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a two-dimensional, rectangular figure, but with one pair of opposite sides longer than the other pair.
Afrikaans: langwerpige figuur, langw	Arabic: شَكْل مُسْتَطيل	Bulgarian: правоъгълник
Brazilian: figura oblonga	Czech: obdélník	German: das Rechteck
Danish: rektangel	Greek: ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο	Spanish: rectángulo
Estonian: ristkülik	Farsi: مستطیل	Finnish: suorakaide
French: rectangle	Hebrew: מַלבֵּן	Hindi: आयत
Croatian: oval	Hungarian: téglalap	Indonesian: segi empat
Icelandic: aflangur ferhyrningur	Italian: (figura di forma oblunga)	Japanese: 楕円形
Korean: 직사각형	Lithuanian: stačiakampis	Latvian: iegarens priekšmets; tais
Malay: empat segi panjang	Dutch: rechthoek	Norwegian: avlang figur
Polish: prostokąt	Persian: مستطیل	Pashto: مستطيل
Portuguese: figura oblonga	Romanian: dreptunghi	Russian: продолговатый предмет
Slovak: obdĺžnik	Slovenian: pravokotnik	Serbian: pravougaonik
Swedish: avlång figur, rektangel	Thai: รูปสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า; เป็น	Turkish: dikdörtgen
Taiwanese: 長方形	Ukrainian: довгаста, подовжена фігур	Urdu: مستطيل
Vietnamese: hình chữ nhật	Chinese: 长方形
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