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Look up: Oblong

  1. Oblong
    Oblong is a township in Crawford County Illinois, USA Oblong is a village in Crawford County Illinois, USA
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/GL

  2. oblong
    (Of spores) longer than broad (about twice as long or somewhat less), with sides nearly parallel and with ends more or less flattened.
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  3. Oblong
    Where a books height is exceeded by the width.
    Found on http://www.artbook.co.uk/glossary/

  4. oblong
    [adj] - of a leaf shape 2. [adj] - deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction 3. [n] - a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Oblong
    At least twice as long as broad, with parallel sides.
    Found on http://www.t-c-m-rd.co.uk/resources/glos

  6. Oblong
    Longer than wide and rounded at the ends, with nearly parallel sides for much of the length.
    Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/Medicinal%

  7. Oblong
    Definition (keystage 3) Another word for rectangle. (Sometimes it is said that an oblong is a rectangle whose sides are different lengths; so a square is a special type of rectangle but it is not an oblong.)
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  8. Oblong
    Ob"long adjective [ Latin oblongus ; ob (see Ob- ) + longus long: confer French oblong .] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  9. Oblong
    Ob"long noun A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. « The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent.» Sir W. Temple.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  10. oblong
    adjective of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. oblong
    adjective deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. oblong
    noun a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Oblong
    `Oblong` may refer to: *A geometrical figure longer than wide, such as a non-square rectangle *A term for leaf shape *Angus Oblong, American author and actor *Oblong, Illinois, a village in the United States *The Oblong, a historic tract of land in Dutchess County, New York, in the United States
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

  14. Oblong
    `Oblong` may refer to: *A geometrical figure longer than wide, such as a non-square rectangle *A term for leaf shape *Angus Oblong, American author and actor *Oblong, Illinois, a village in the United States *The Oblong, a historic tract of land in Dutchess County, New York, in the United States
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

  15. Oblong
    • (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. • (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. oblong
    having the form of a rectangle of greater length than width.
    Found on http://www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/

  17. oblong
    An alternate name for any rectangle that is not a square. The word comes from the Latin ob ("excessive") and longus ("long").
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

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