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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prolongation  \Pro`lon*ga"tion\,  n.  [F.  prolongation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  lengthening  in  space  or  in  time;  extension; 
  protraction.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  That  which  forms  an  additional  length. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prolongation 
  n  1:  the  act  of  prolonging  something  "there  was  an  indefinite 
  prolongation  of  the  peace  talks"  [syn:  {protraction},  {perpetuation}, 
  {lengthening}] 
  2:  amount  or  degree  or  range  to  which  something  extends:  "the 
  wire  has  an  extension  of  50  feet"  [syn:  {extension},  {lengthiness}] 
  3:  the  consequence  of  being  lengthened  in  duration  [syn:  {lengthiness}, 
  {protraction}] 




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