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Meanings of prolongation in English

Portuguese
prolongamento
Catalan
perpetuació

The act of prolonging something.

prolongamento
Portuguese
extensão
Catalan
extensió
Spanish
longitud

The consequence of being lengthened in duration.

extensão
Usage of prolongation in English
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The prolongation of the Sheffield strike is in no way his fault.
A People's Man
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I am convinced of the inutility of the prolongation of this war.
The Devil's Paw
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Background: QT prolongation is an important risk factor for sudden cardiac death.
Pubmed
4
Orphenadrine intake has recently been linked to QT prolongation and Torsade-de-Pointes tachycardia.
Pubmed
5
The country would not have borne the prolongation of the Crimean War.'
Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nas...
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There was no bleeding time prolongation, platelet count, or ATIII level decrease.
Pubmed
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Significant bradycardia, ineffectiveness, and excessive QT prolongation were reasons for failed completion.
Pubmed
8
The ingenuousness of youth had insisted on this prolongation of our meeting.
Simon the Jester
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Judicial astrology-Itschemical application to the prolongation of life and health-Alchymicaldelusions.
Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous
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Think not that I wish to solicit a prolongation of my existence.
Purgatory: Doctrinal, Historical, and Poetical
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Any unexpected prolongation of a cruise threatened a reduction to short commons.
Sea-Power and Other Studies
12
It was to be a scene, not a postponement or a prolongation.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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But her thought remained unuttered, and there was a prolongation of silence.
The Nether World
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The prolongation in FIGO-stages III-IV may be due to more radical surgery.
Pubmed
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But would there be any House of Commons objection to this prolongation?
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
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However, prolongation of the QT interval with probucol remains a long-term safety concern.
Pubmed
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Prolongation through the time
Prolongation across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common