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English

Adjective

  1. Describing something that is longer than it is wide.
  2. Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

Translations

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Noun

  1. Something with an oblong shape.
  2. A rectangle having length greater than width.
  • French: {{t+|fr|oblong|m}}

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Category:Shapes ar:oblong et:oblong el:oblong fr:oblong io:oblong it:oblong ta:oblong te:oblong vi:oblong zh:oblong

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Oblong \Ob"long\, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long:
cf. F. oblong.]
Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Oblong \Ob"long\, n.
A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any
figure longer than it is broad.
[1913 Webster]

The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a
descent. --Sir W.
Temple.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet oblong
adj 1: of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with
approximately parallel sides
2: deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being
elongated in one direction
n : a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to
elongation
Moby Dictionary
cube-shaped , cubed , cubic , cubiform , cuboid , diced , elliptical ,
elongated , foursquare , oblongated , oblongitudinal , orthogonal ,
quadrangular , quadrate , quadriform , quadrilateral , rectangular ,
rhombic , rhomboid , square , tetragonal , tetrahedral , trapezohedral ,
trapezoid


Oblong, IL (village, FIPS 55106) Location: 39.00222 N, 87.90845 W Population (1990): 1616 (794 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62449
Moby Dictionary 1580
Housing Units (2000): 761
Land area (2000): 0.950204 sq. miles (2.461016 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008707 sq. miles (0.022551 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.958911 sq. miles (2.483567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55106
Located within: Illinois (IL) , FIPS 17
Location: 39.001274 N , 87.908470 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62449
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Oblong , IL
Oblong
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