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Definition of oblong

Oblong
Oblong Ob"long, n. 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.
Oblong
Oblong Ob"long, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F. oblong.] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

Meaning of oblong from wikipedia

- Look up oblong in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oblong is an object longer than it is wide, especially a non-square rectangle. Oblong may also refer...
- The Oblongs is an American adult animated sitcom created by Angus Oblong and Jace Richdale. It was Mohawk Productions' first venture into animation. The...
- Angus Oblong (born David Adam Walker; August 28, 1976) is an American writer and illustrator best known for his work Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales...
- angle. A rectangle with four sides of equal length is a square. The term "oblong" is used to refer to a non-square rectangle. A rectangle with vertices ABCD...
- The Oblong Box may refer to: "The Oblong Box" (short story), an 1844 short story by Edgar Allan Poe The Oblong Box (film), a 1969 horror film starring...
- area consisting of a 1.81-mile-wide (2.91 km) strip of land known as the "Oblong" running northwards from Ridgefield, Connecticut to the M****achusetts border...
- Bob Oblong may refer to: Bob Oblong, a character in the American animated television series The Oblongs Bob Oblong, a character in the Australian animated...
- oblongifolia, the oblong-winged katydid, is a species of insect of the family Tettigoniidae (katydids or bush-crickets). The oblong-winged katydid is...
- Oblong is a village in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The po****tion was 1,466 at the 2010 census, and then was later recorded to be 1,371 in...
- The oblong turtle (Chelodina oblonga), also known commonly as the narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle and the southwestern snake-necked turtle, is a species...