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| long<sup>3</sup>, very very long, extra long || 4th-smallest
| long<sup>3</sup>, very very long, extra long || 4th-smallest
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| long<sup>4</sup>, very<sup>3</sup> long, extra extra long || 5th-smallest
| long<sup>4</sup>, very<sup>3</sup> long, extra extra long, remarkably long<ref name="forum-31984">{{cite web|url=
http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1452&p=31984#p31984|title=Re: Soup search results|work=ConwayLife.com forums|date=June 15, 2016|accessdate=June 16, 2016}}</ref> || 5th-smallest
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| long<sup>5</sup>, very<sup>4</sup> long || 6th-smallest
| long<sup>5</sup>, very<sup>4</sup> long, terribly long<ref name="forum-31984" /> || 6th-smallest
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| long<sup>6</sup>, very<sup>5</sup> long || 7th-smallest
| long<sup>6</sup>, very<sup>5</sup> long, absurdly long<ref name="forum-31984" /> || 7th-smallest
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| long<sup>7</sup>, very<sup>6</sup> long, stupidly long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1452&p=22035#p22035|title=Re: Soup search results|author=Billabob|date=August 18, 2015|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref> || 8th-smallest
| long<sup>7</sup>, very<sup>6</sup> long, stupidly long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1452&p=22035#p22035|title=Re: Soup search results|author=Billabob|date=August 18, 2015|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref> || 8th-smallest
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| long<sup>8</sup>, very<sup>7</sup> long, ridiculously long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1784&p=24084#p24089|title=Re: apgsearch v2.2|author=dvgrn|date=October 22, 2015|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref> || 9th-smallest
| long<sup>8</sup>, very<sup>7</sup> long, ridiculously long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1784&p=24084#p24089|title=Re: apgsearch v2.2|author=dvgrn|date=October 22, 2015|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref> || 9th-smallest
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| long<sup>9</sup>, very<sup>8</sup> long, ludicrously long<ref name="forum-31984" /> || 10th-smallest
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Revision as of 11:07, 16 June 2016

Long is a term applied to an object that is of the same basic form as some standard object, but longer. The term long typically denotes a pattern (usually the second-smallest) in a family of patterns which are simple linear extensions of a base pattern. Prototypical examples include long snake, long canoe, long boat and long ship.

File:Longlongboat.png
Long long boat.

Not all families of arbitrarily extensible patterns use the term long; some families such as the barber pole family and lightweight spaceship family have alternate terms for extended patterns.

Specific names

Term Pattern in family
long1, long 2nd-smallest
long2, long long, very long 3rd-smallest
long3, very very long, extra long 4th-smallest
long4, very3 long, extra extra long, remarkably long[1] 5th-smallest
long5, very4 long, terribly long[1] 6th-smallest
long6, very5 long, absurdly long[1] 7th-smallest
long7, very6 long, stupidly long[2] 8th-smallest
long8, very7 long, ridiculously long[3] 9th-smallest
long9, very8 long, ludicrously long[1] 10th-smallest
... ...
longn, veryn-1 long, extran-2 long (n+1)th-smallest
... ...

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Re: Soup search results". ConwayLife.com forums (June 15, 2016). Retrieved on June 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Billabob (August 18, 2015). "Re: Soup search results". Retrieved on October 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ dvgrn (October 22, 2015). "Re: apgsearch v2.2". Retrieved on October 22, 2015.