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длительны́й — meaning in English

dlitelnyy

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English meaning

  • continuous adjective Going on without any break or interruption.
  • lengthy adj Going on for a long time, often longer than expected or wanted.
  • long-term adjective Lasting, continuing or taking effect over a long period of time.

Senses

длительны́й is used for these senses in English:

  • continuous (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
  • lengthy Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
  • long-term Extending over a relatively long time period.

continuous — full definition

  1. adjective Going on without any break or interruption.
  2. adjective In grammar, describing a verb form that shows an action still in progress.

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