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Long Stretch of Lonesome Three of the tracks on Long Stretch of Lonesome would chart in the top 20 on the Billboard Top Country Singles. Highlights are "High on Love," "To Have You Back Again" and the George Jones-backed "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," each of which both charted in the top 20.
Long take A long take is an uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. It can be used for dramatic and narrative effect if done properly, and in moving shots is often accomplished through the use of a dolly or Steadicam.
Long term Long term, in economics, is the period of time required for economic agents to reallocate resources, and generally reestablish equilibrium. The actual length of this period varies widely depending on circumstantial context.
Long term care insurance Long-term care insurance, an insurance product sold through a licensed insurance agent (one who represents the insurance company) or an insurance broker (one who represents the policyowner) in the United States, helps provide for the cost of long-term care beyond a pre-determined period. Long-term care insurance covers care generally not covered by health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Long term relationship Long term relationship is a common, contemporary term for intimate interpersonal relationships that may be lifelong and may or may not consist in marriage. Long term relationships are considered the opposite of casual relationships, which are short in duration.
Long title The long title (properly, the title) is one of the parts, together with the short title, and the operative provisions (sections and Schedules), which comprise an Act of Parliament or Bill in the United Kingdom and certain other Commonwealth Realms. An Act or Bill is usually identified by its short title, but the long title provides a longer description of the purposes or scope of the Act.
Long ton Long Ton (L/T sometimes known as a Gross Ton, Weight Ton, or Imperial Ton) is the name for the unit called the "Ton" in the Avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as formerly used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries. It has been replaced by the metric tonne.
Long track speed skating Long track speed skating or long track speedskating is one of two Olympic forms of speedskating, the other being short track speedskating. Inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are other known forms of speed skating.
Long Tall Sally "Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enortis Johnson and Little Richard, recorded by Little Richard in J&M Studios in New Orleans and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. It remained 19 weeks on the rhythm and blues charts and was No.
Long Tall Sally (EP) The Long Tall Sally EP by The Beatles was the fifth official EP release by the band, and the first British EP they released that contained previously unreleased songs not found on any album (until 1976's Rock 'n' Roll Music).1
Long Term Ecological Research Network The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales. 26 LTER sites cover a diverse set of ecosystems.
Long Thanh International Airport Long Thanh International Airport is an airport planned for construction in Long Thanh County, Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam, approx 40 km North-east Ho Chi Minh City. It is intended to become operational by 2011 and handle over 100 million passengers annually when it is built to the maximum designed capacity.
Long Time Gone "Long Time Gone" is a country song by Darrell Scott and Tim O'Brien, from their 2000 album Real Time. The song was covered by the Dixie Chicks in their 2002 album Home, despite having been writen from a male point of view.
Long Tom Hughes Thomas James Hughes (November 29, 1878 - February 8, 1956) was a right handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1900 through 1913, Hughes played for the Chicago Orphans (1900-01), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Boston Americans (1902-03), New York Highlanders (1904) and Washington Senators (1904-09, 1911-13).
Long Tom River The Long Tom River is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area at the south end of the Willamette Valley between Eugene and Corvallis.
Long Trail The Long Trail is a hiking trail which covers the length of the state of Vermont running north and south 272 miles (438 km) from the Massachusetts border (near Williamstown) to the Canadian border near North Troy, Vermont. The Trail system also contains over one hundred miles of spur trails.
Long Trail School The Long Trail School is an independent 6-12 coeducational day school located in Dorset, Vermont. The Long Trail School was established on the founding priciples that every student is unique, small group instruction responds to individual needs, high academic standards motivate students, and financial need should not deter qualified students from applying.
Long Valley Caldera Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the largest calderas on earth, measuring about 32 kilometres long (east-west) and 17 kilometres wide (north-south).
Long weekend A long weekend is a term used in Western countries to denote a weekend that is at least three days long (a three-day weekend), due to a holiday falling on either the Friday or Monday. In the United Kingdom these would be termed a bank holiday weekend.
Long Walk Hurdle The Long Walk Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 1½ furlongs (5,130 metres) at Ascot Racecourse in December. There are fourteen hurdles to be jumped in the race.
Long Walk of the Navajo The Long Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, was a 20 day or more foot walk many Navajos made in 1864 to a reservation in southeastern New Mexico. Sometimes the "Long Walk" includes all the time the Navajo were away from the land of their ancestors, who had arrived there in the 1500s.
Long Walls The Long Walls (), in Ancient Greece, were walls built from a city to its port, providing a secure connection to the sea even during times of siege. Although long walls were built at several locations in Greece—Corinth and Megara being two of the best known examples"Long Walls, the," from The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, ed.
Long War (20th century) The Long War is a name proposed by Philip Bobbitt in The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History, to describe the series of major conflicts fought from the start of the First World War in 1914 to the decline of the Soviet Union in 1990.
Long Wavelength Limit In electricity and magnetism, the long wavelength limit is the limiting case when the wavelength is much larger than the system size. This corresponses to the quasi-static case, and reduces to electrostatics and magnetostatics.
Long Way Down "Long Way Down" is a single by the Goo Goo Dolls from their breakthrough album, 1995's A Boy Named Goo. This song is often overshadowed by the low-key ballad Name, which launched the band from local legends to household names.
Long Way Round Long Way Round (LWR) is a documentary television series, DVD set and book documenting the 19,000 mile journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York on motorcycles. They travelled eastwards through Europe and Asia, flew to Alaska and continued by road from there to New York.
Long Way To The Top Long Way To The Top was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll from 1956 to the modern era. It took its name from the AC/DC song "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" originally released in 1975.
Long Wharf (Boston) Constructed in the 17th century, the Long Wharf in downtown Boston, Massachusetts was once the focal point of that city's shipping industry. Now much shortened by land reclamation at its landward end, today it serves as the principal terminus for Boston Harbor's fleet of cruise boats and harbor ferries.
Long Wharf (New Haven) Long Wharf is a waterfront district and neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Its location can be defined as the area stretching inland from the west side of New Haven Harbor northwest to Union Avenue, west to Hallock Avenue and Cedar Street, and north to the Oak Street Connector and I-95 (up to the Q-Bridge).
Long Wharf Theatre Long Wharf Theatre started life in a warehouse alongside the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1965, the brainchild of 2 alumni of Yale University, Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman, intent on creating a resident professional theatre company.
Long Win Bus Long Win Bus Company Limited (龍運巴士) provides bus services for northern Lantau Island (Tung Chung new town and Hong Kong Disneyland) and the Hong Kong International Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB).
Long Yun Long (Lung) Yun (Simplified Chinese: 龙云 Traditional Chinese: 龍雲, November 27, 1884 - June 27, 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to near the end of the Chinese Civil War, when he was removed by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai-shek in October, 1945.
Long's Regiment Long's Regiment was raised on May 14, 1776 at New Castle, New Hampshire under Colonel Pierse Long for service with the Continental Army. The regiment was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence on Lake Champlain and fought a delaying action at Fort Ann, New York on July 8, 1777 against the advance units of John Burgoyne's army.
Long-billed Hermit The Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from central Mexico south to northwestern Colombia, extreme western Venezuela and western Ecuador. This species is currently (2006) known as the Western Long-tailed Hermit, but it is likely, following recommendations from Gary Stiles in February 2006, that the new name will be officially adopted.
Long-billed Pipit The Long-billed Pipit or Brown Rock Pipit (Anthus similis) is a passerine bird which breeds in much of Africa, through the Arabian peninsula and South Asia. Most birds are residents or short distance migrants.
Long-billed Starthroat The Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is present throughout Central America and is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.
Long-Berenger Oil Agreement Long-Berenger Oil Agreement (April 1919) was an agreement between France and Great Britain over oil rights. This agreement delimited the oil interests in Russia and Romania, British (British Mandate of Mesopotamia) and French colonies.
Long-distance dependencies Certain constructions, including wh-questions, relative clauses and topicalization, permit an element in one position to fill the grammatical role associated with another position. In linguistics, such constructions are refered to as long-distance dependencies.
Long-distance track event Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. Because of these types of races are very energy-consuming, one requires mental determination and aerobic conditioning, since stamina is a bigger factor than speed.
Long-distance trail Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks, paths, footpaths or greenways) are trails or footpaths covering large distances, typically 50 kilometers (31 miles) or more, used for rambling (that is, hiking or backpacking). Some long-distance trails are multi-use and are used for cycling or horse riding.
Long-eared Flying Mouse The Long-eared Flying Mouse (Idiurus macrotis), or Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel, is a species of flying mouse from western and central Africa. To 'fly' or rather glide, it uses two membranes which fold up when not in use.
Long-finned sand diver The long-finned sand diver or tommyfish, Limnichthys polyactis, is a sandburrower of the genus Limnichthys, found all around the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 5 m, on sandy or gravelly bottoms. Its length is between 3 and 8 cm.
Long-finned worm eel The long-finned worm eel or short-headed worm eel, Scolecenchelys breviceps, is a snake eel of the genus Scolecenchelys, found in southern Australia between Rottnest Island and Tasmania, and around New Zealand, to depths of about 50 m, on sandy or muddy bottoms. Its length is between 40 and 60 cm.
Long-Haired Hamster Long-Haired Hamster: fur on a long-haired hamster should be very thick but is "fluffy," like a cotton wool, rather than the velvety feel of short-haired fur. For this reason, people who are not allergic to short-haired hamsters can be allergic to long-hairs.
Long-legged Buzzard The Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) prefers the dry open plains of Turkey, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary and feeds mostly on small rodents, although it will also take lizards, snakes, small birds and large insects.
Long-line fishing Long-line fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. Swordfish, tuna, halibut, sablefish and Patagonian toothfish are commonly caught by this method.
Long-period fiber grating A long-period fiber grating is an optical fiber structure with the properties periodically varying along the fiber, such that the conditions for the interaction of several copropagating modes are satisfied. The period of such a structure is of the order of a fraction of a millimeter.
Long-range dependency A self-similar phenomenon behaves the same when viewed at different degrees of magnification, or different scales on a dimension (space or time). Self-similar processes can be described using heavy-tailed distributions, also known as long-tailed distributions.
Long-short (romanization) Northern Wu Romanization Scheme. So called "Long-short" (é•żçź­éźł) because its use of assigning 2 vowel letters for long vowels and 1 vowel letter for short vowels (those syllables that are Ru tone).
Long-tailed Birch Mouse Sicista caudata, also known as the Long-Tailed Birch Mouse or Chinese Birch Mouse, is a species of jumping mouse found in Northeast Asia. It has been reported from the Ussuri region of Manchuria, Sakhalin Island and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and northern North Korea.
Long-tailed Dunnart Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) is an Australian dunnart that, like the Little Long-tailed Dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260-306 mm of which head to anus is 80-96 mm and tail 180-210 mm long.
Long-tailed Hawk The Long-tailed Hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. It is the only member of the genus Urotriorchis.
Long-tailed Hermit The Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder in Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil. This species is currently (2006) known as the Eastern Long-tailed Hermit, but it is likely, following recommendations from Gary Stiles in February 2006, that the new name will be officially adopted.
Long-tailed Paradigalla The Long-tailed Paradigalla, Paradigalla carunculata is a large, up to 37cm long, black bird of paradise with long and pointed tail. One of the most plain member in the family Paradisaeidae, its only adornment is the colorful facial wattles of yellow, red and sky blue near base of the bill.
Long-tailed Parakeet The Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda is native to the regions of Andaman islands, Nicobar islands, Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia (including Singapore). It is allopatric with the congener, the Red-breasted Parakeet, Psittacula alexandrii, except in the Andaman islands where they occur together.
Long-tailed Planigale The Long-tailed Planigale (Planigale ingrami) is the smallest of all marsupials, and one of the smallest of all mammals. It is rarely seen but quite common inhabitants of the blacksoil plains, clay-soiled woodlands, and seasonally flooded grasslands of Australia's Top End.
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher The Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus) is a passerine bird which occurs only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, usually from 1850 m altitude to the timberline. It is a thrush-sized species weighing about 37 g.
Long-tailed Skipper The Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical America and into the southern part of the United States of America. It is a showy butterfly, with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings.
Long-tailed thresher shark The long-tailed thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is a thresher shark inhabiting tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Like all thresher sharks, it has a very long upper lobe of the caudal fin, sometimes as long as the body.
Long-tailed Weasel The Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) is the most widely distributed mustelid in the New World. Its range extends from southern Canada through most of the United States to Mexico, Central America and the northern parts of South America.
Long-term asset Long-term assets or noncurrent assets are those assets usually in service over one year such as lands and buildings, plants and equipments, and long-term investments. These often receive favorable tax treatment over current assets.
Long-term depression Long-term depression (LTD), in neurophysiology, is the weakening of a neuronal synapse that lasts from hours to days. It results from either strong synaptic stimulation (as occurs in the cerebellar Purkinje cells) to persistent weak synaptic stimulation (as in the hippocampus).
Long-term experiment Several agricultural field experiments have run for more than 100 years, but much shorter experiments may qualify as "long-term" in other disciplines. An experiment is "a set of actions and observations", implying that one or more treatments (fertilizer, subsidized school lunches, etc.
Long-term Ecosystem Observatory The Long-term Ecological Observatory is a project off the coast of New Jersey, USA, which monitors the processes in the ocean with online IT systems, spearheaded by the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. Already installed are sensors for temperature, salinity, transmission, light, light attenuation, fluorescence, pressure and velocity.
Long-term goal A long-term goal is an achievement set to be reached over a long period of time. The period of time defined for reaching the goal can be almost any length of time; although most long-term goals tend to be measured in years.
Long-term memory Long-term memory (LTM) is memory, stored as meaning, that can last as little as 30 seconds or as long as decades. It differs structurally and functionally from working memory or short-term memory, which ostensibly stores items for only around 30 seconds.
Long-term potentiation In neuroscience, long-term potentiation (LTP) is an increase in the chemical strength of a synapse that lasts from minutes to several days. It has been observed both in living animals (in vivo) and in cultured cells (in vitro).
Long-term stability The long-term stability of an oscillator, the degree of uniformity of frequency over time, when the frequency is measured under identical environmental conditions, such as supply voltage, load, and temperature. Long-term frequency changes are caused by changes in the oscillator elements that determine frequency, such as crystal drift, inductance changes, and capacitance changes.
Long-term video-EEG monitoring Long-term video-EEG monitoring, also known as video telemetry, is a diagnostic technique used in certain patients with epilepsy or seizures. It involves the inpatient hospitalization of the patient for a period of time, typically days to weeks, during which they are continuously monitored and recorded with a video camera and an electroencephalograph.
Long-toed Salamander The range of the Long-toed Salamander, Ambystoma macrodactylum, extends from south-eastern Alaska south to Tuolumne County in northern California, and from the Pacific coast east to north-central Idaho and western Montana (Petranka 1998). Found in a wide variety of habitats from coniferous forests, especially Ponderosa pine; montane riparian; sagebrush plains; red fir forest; to wet alpine meadows.
Long-Term Archive and Compliance Storage Initiative The Long-term Archive and Compliance Storage Initiative (LTACSI) is a cooperative effort of end users, IT professionals, vendors, integrators, and service providers with interests in the challenges of long-term archiving and storage compliance with governmental and business regulations. It is operated by the Data Management Forum of the Storage Networking Industry Association
Long-Term Capital Management Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) was a hedge fund founded in 1994 by John Meriwether (the former vice-chairman and head of bond trading at Salomon Brothers). On its board of directors were Myron Scholes and Robert C.
Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System The Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS) is a torpedo tube-launched and tube-recovered underwater search and survey unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) capable of performing autonomous minefield reconnaissance as much as 200 kilometers (120 miles) in advance of a host Los Angeles-, Seawolf-, or Virginia-class submarine.
Long-view Long-view (previous name Longview, having to change their name because of the much lesser known and same titled American bluegrass group) are an indie rock band whose members hail from Winchester, Manchester and Hull, England. The band formed in Manchester in 2002 and built its reputation in the famous musical city, with several well-received appearances at the Night and Day Cafe.
Long-whiskered Owlet The Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi is a tiny owl that lives strictly in a limited range in the Andes mountains in northern Peru. Although it has no ear tufts, this small owl's facial feathers extend out past its head, making it appear to have small tufts.
Longacre Square Longacre Square was at the intersection in Midtown Manhattan of 42nd Street, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Originally named Long Acre by the British Colonists, it was a nexus of the most important roads to the north of the island.
Longan The Longan (; Cantonese long-ngan; Vietnamese long nhãn - literally "dragon eye") is an evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia from southern China south to Indonesia. It is also called guiyuan (桂圆) in Chinese and lengkeng in Indonesia.
Longanus River The Longanus (also Longanos or Loitanus) River was a river in north-eastern Sicily on the Mylaean plain and was, as recorded by Polybius, the location at which the Mamertines were drastically defeated by Hiero II of Syracuse in around 269 BC. The small settlement of Longane was positioned near it.
Longbeck railway station Longbeck railway station serves the village of Marske-by-the-Sea and also New Marske in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Longbenton Metro station Longbenton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It is set amongst the residential streets of the Longbenton area of Newcastle upon Tyne, although is probably more utilised due to its proximity to St Mary's RC Comprehensive School and the Civil Service's Longbenton Complex (which the station was originally built to serve).
Longboat roadrunners Longboat Roadrunnersis a Toronto based club formed in 1980 to promote running and sportsmanship in general, and to provide a club atmosphere in which members may develop their running skills and participate in a program of social activities. Runners of all ages and skill levels are welcome in the club.
Longbow A longbow is a type of bow that is tall (roughly equal to or greater than the height of a person), is not recurved and has relatively narrow limbs, that are circular or D-shaped in cross section. The traditional English longbow is made so that its thickness is at least 5/8 of its width.
Longbowmen of Geoff The Longbowmen of Geoff is an organization in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, as part of the Duchy of Geoff region. Players of the living campaign can join the Longbowmen as a meta-organization.
Longcase clock A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, grandfather clock or floor clock, is a freestanding, weight-driven, pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly around 1.
Longcomb sawfish The longcomb sawfish, Pristis zijsron, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to southern China, and south to New South Wales, Australia, between latitudes 21° N and 37° S. Its length is up to 7.
Longcot Longcot is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district in the south-west of Oxfordshire (though formerly in Northern Berkshire). It is located 1 mile SE of the A420 road between Swindon and Oxford, 4 miles (6 km) SSW of Faringdon and 3 NE by E of Shrivenham.
Longcroft School and Performing Arts College Longcroft School and Performing Arts College (or just Longcroft for short) is a secondary school and 6th form college for boys and girls in Molescroft, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England. The school has around 1,500 students.
Longcross railway station Longcross railway station is situated close to the village of Longcross in Surrey, England. It is served by South West Trains, with just two trains each weekday stopping in either direction, towards London Waterloo or Reading.
Longde Longde is the name of one of three scriptural divisions within Atiyoga, also known as Dzogchen or the Great Perfrection which is itself the pinnacle of the ninefold division of practice according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Longdendale Bypass The Longdendale Bypass (also known as the A57/A628 Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth & Tintwistle Bypass) is a ÂŁ115m road scheme in England planned by the Highways Agency. The stated aim of the bypass is to alleviate traffic congestion on the A57/A628/A616 trunk roads that presently pass through the three villages.
Longdendale Chain The Longdendale Chain is a sequence of six reservoirs on the River Etherow in the valley of Longdendale, in northern Derbyshire. They were constructed between 1848 and 1884 to a design by John Frederick Bateman to supply the growing population of Greater Manchester with fresh water.
Longeron In aircraft construction, a Longeron is a thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of the aircraft is fastened. Longerons are attached to formers, in the case of the fuselage, or ribs in the case of a wing, or empennage.
Longest common subsequence problem The longest common subsequence problem (LCS) is finding a longest sequence which is a subsequence of all sequences in a set of sequences (often just two). The problem is sometimes defined to be finding all longest common subsequences.
Longest common substring problem The longest common substring problem is to find the longest string (or strings) that is a substring (or are substrings of) two or more strings. It should not be confused with the longest common subsequence problem.
Longest increasing subsequence A longest increasing subsequence of a partially ordered sequence is studied in the context of various disciplines related to mathematics, including algorithmics, random matrix theory, representation theory, and physics.
Longest repeated substring problem The longest repeated substring problem is finding the longest substring of a string that occurs at least twice. This problem can be solved in linear time and space by building a suffix tree for the string, and finding the deepest internal node in the tree.
Longest uncrossed knight's path The longest uncrossed (or nonintersecting) knight's path is a mathematical problem involving a knight on a standard 8 × 8 chessboard or, more generally, on a square n × n board. The problem is to find the longest path the knight can take on the given board, such that the path does not intersect itself.
Longest word in English The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long.
Longevity Longevity or the length of a person's life (life expectancy). Reflections on longevity have usually gone beyond acknowledging the basic shortness of human life and have included thinking about methods to extend life.
Longevity claims Longevity claims are claims to extreme longevity (usually 110 or older) that either cannot be verified or for whom only some evidence is available. Longevity claims differ from existing verified supercentenarian cases, and also from longevity myths in that either some evidence exists, the case has not been proven false, and/or the claim was not constructed as a result of a longevity myth, which tends to focus on the "village elder" concept, "fountain of youth" concept, nationalist mythology, racial mythology, patriarchal mythology, etc.

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