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(linguistics) A long vowel. / (prosody) A long syllable. / (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

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long

IPA(Pronunciation)

/lɒŋ/

Noun

UK colloquial dated

(linguistics) A long vowel. / (prosody) A long syllable. / (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

Japanese Meaning

言語学: 長母音。 / 韻律学: 長音節。 / 音楽: かつて用いられた音符で、大音符の半分の長さ、ブレーブの2倍の長さのもの。

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The linguist labeled the final vowel as a long, distinguishing it from a short.

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言語学者は最後の母音を長母音として分類し、短母音と区別した。

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(linguistics) A long vowel.

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(prosody) A long syllable.

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(music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

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A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.

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(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.

Every uptick made the longs cheer.

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(finance) A long-term investment.

Likewise, if borrowers prefer to sell short-maturity issues at the time lenders prefer to invest in longs, as is the case when interest rates are expected to fall, longer maturity issues will tend to yield less than shorter maturity issues.

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