Dictionary Definition
oblong adj
1 of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated
form with approximately parallel sides
2 deviating from a square or circle or sphere by
being elongated in one direction n : a plane figure that deviates
from a square or circle due to elongation
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
oblong- Describing something that is longer than it is wide.
- Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.
Translations
longer than wide
- French: oblong
roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal
- French: oblong
with an oblong shape
- French: oblong
Extensive Definition
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
See also
- The Oblongs, animated television program
oblong in German: Oblong
The archetypical oblong shape is a circle cut in
half and extended via straight lines between the
previously-connected endpoints of the semicircles; the result is
not an ellipse, but a different form of "stretched circle".
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, elliptical, elongated, foursquare, oblongated, oblongitudinal, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid