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Definitions for prolongation
ˌproʊ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, -lɒŋ-pro·lon·ga·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengtheningnoun

    the act of prolonging something

    "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

  2. extension, lengthiness, prolongationnoun

    amount or degree or range to which something extends

    "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

  3. lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protractionnoun

    the consequence of being lengthened in duration

Wiktionary

  1. prolongationnoun

    The act of prolonging.

  2. prolongationnoun

    That which has been prolonged; an extension.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Prolongationnoun

    Etymology: prolongation, Fr. from prolong.

    Nourishment in living creatures is for the prolongation of life. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    This ambassage concerned only the prolongation of days for payment of monies. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

Wikipedia

  1. Prolongation

    In music theory, prolongation is the process in tonal music through which a pitch, interval, or consonant triad is considered to govern spans of music when not physically sounding. It is a central principle in the music-analytic methodology of Schenkerian analysis, conceived by Austrian theorist Heinrich Schenker. The English term usually translates Schenker's Auskomponierung (better translated as "composing out" or "elaboration"). According to Fred Lerdahl, "The term 'prolongation' [...] usually means 'composing out' (Schenker's own intention for the term is open to debate)."Prolongation can be thought of as a way of generating musical content through the linear elaboration of simple and basic tonal structures with progressively increasing detail and sophistication, and thus analysis consists of a reduction from detail to structure. Important to the operation of prolongation is the hierarchical differentiation of pitches within a passage of tonal music. Typically, the note or harmony of highest hierarchical significance is the tonic, and this is said to be "prolonged" across durations of music that may feature many other different harmonies. (However, in principle any other type of consonant chord, pitch, or harmonic function can be prolonged within tonal music.) "In chord prolongation, one chord governs a prolongation of various chords; these different chords are subordinated to that one chord which they help to express and prolong."A pitch is located in a pitch class, a pitch class is located within a chord, a chord is located in a key region, a key is located in pitch space including the circle of fifths and their relative minors. A rhythmic event is located within the meter which is located within the form. Thus "reductions" are often made at different levels excluding the prolongational from the structural events; these may express the relationships through time-reductions or prologational reductions (which may be Urlinien or tree diagrams).

ChatGPT

  1. prolongation

    Prolongation refers to the act of extending the duration or length of something or making it last longer. It can be used in various contexts such as music, psychology, medicine, and insurance among others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prolongationnoun

    the act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction

  2. Prolongationnoun

    that which forms an additional length

  3. Etymology: [F. prolongation.]

Wikidata

  1. Prolongation

    In music theory, prolongation refers to the process in tonal music through which a pitch, interval, or consonant triad is able to govern spans of music when not physically sounding. It is a central principle in the music-analytic methodology of Schenkerian analysis, conceived by Austrian theorist Heinrich Schenker. Prolongation can be thought of as a way of generating musical content through the linear elaboration of simple and basic tonal structures with progressively increasing detail and sophistication. Important to the operation of prolongation is the hierarchical differentiation of pitches within a passage of tonal music. Typically, the note or harmony of highest hierarchical significance is the tonic, and this is said to be "prolonged" across durations of music that may feature many other different harmonies. Conversely, in a chord progression, harmonies are said to prolong a triad when they are subordinated to that governing chord in a systematic manner; the job of such prolonging harmonies is to express and extend the influence of that hierarchically super-ordinate pitch or triad. Because it enables a pitch or pitches to remain in effect over the course of a piece, even as many other harmonic events intervene, prolongation is central to the concept of tonality in music.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. prolongation

    An extension of leave of absence, or a continuation of service.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prolongation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prolongation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of prolongation in a Sentence

  1. Paulo Coelho:

    A bow has no conscience: it is a prolongation of the hand and desire of the archer. It can serve to kill or to meditate. Therefore, always be clear about your intentions. A bow is flexible, but it has its limits. Stretching it beyond its capacity will break it or exhaust the hand holding it. Therefore, try to be in harmony with your instrument and never ask more than it can give.

  2. Le Guen:

    Intensive care techniques in these extreme ages of life raise the question of an artificial prolongation of life and can be perceived by some as therapeutic relentlessness, therapeutics used in the ICU are uncomfortable.

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