Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being a phonograph record that turns at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had, an
LP , generally a 12 inch 33 1/3RPM record .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records
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Examples
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The debate over the debt ceiling is only the latest installment of a long-playing debate over where we put our resources.
Farai Chideya: Why I'm Leaving Journalism... For Now Farai Chideya 2011
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The debate over the debt ceiling is only the latest installment of a long-playing debate over where we put our resources.
Farai Chideya: Why I'm Leaving Journalism... For Now Farai Chideya 2011
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With the album clocking just under 30 minutes, the throwback is just another pleasant reminder of a time when "long-playing" 33s were barely 20 minutes a side.
Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012
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First compact discs took their toll on the long-playing and long-played vinyl record; then iPods and digital downloads began doing the same to CDs.
It's Alive! Vinyl Makes a Comeback Eric Felten 2012
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With the album clocking just under 30 minutes, the throwback is just another pleasant reminder of a time when "long-playing" 33s were barely 20 minutes a side.
Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012
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With the album clocking just under 30 minutes, the throwback is just another pleasant reminder of a time when "long-playing" 33s were barely 20 minutes a side.
Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012
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A pale girl up the hill, Sandra Lily, introduced me to it on a Bethlehem long-playing album of Chris Connor's.
James A. Fragale: Save the Music, Music, Music! James A. Fragale 2011
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A pale girl up the hill, Sandra Lily, introduced me to it on a Bethlehem long-playing album of Chris Connor's.
James A. Fragale: Save the Music, Music, Music! James A. Fragale 2011
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A pale girl up the hill, Sandra Lily, introduced me to it on a Bethlehem long-playing album of Chris Connor's.
James A. Fragale: Save the Music, Music, Music! James A. Fragale 2011
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Thus far, the way has been marked by obstacles (battery technology chief among them); long-playing crises (the travails of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors); and unlikely reversals (GM's quintessential muscle car guy, Bob Lutz, becoming a true believer and championing Chevy's innovative Volt in a GM that has staged its own return from the dead.)
'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011
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