elongated

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elongated (comparative more elongated, superlative most elongated)

1. Extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
   • 2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     But his serve instantly came under intense pressure against Alcaraz in an elongated start which included a 12-minute opening game.

2. Stretched.
3. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.

elongated

1. simple past and past participle of elongate