prolongação
Prolongação is a Portuguese noun that denotes the act or result of prolonging something, i.e., lengthening or extending its duration, extent, or reach. The term derives from the verb prolongar and is used in a variety of contexts to indicate that an interval, contract, line, or process has been extended beyond its original limits. In many formal contexts, however, the related term prorrogação is more common when referring to the extension of time limits or deadlines.
Common usages and contexts include:
- Time and deadlines: extension of a time limit or schedule, such as prolongação do prazo para entrega.
- Contracts and agreements: extension of a contractual term or continuation of a relationship, e.g., prolongação de
- Legal and administrative language: employed in some contexts, though prorrogação is often preferred for official extensions.
- Mathematics and geometry: prolongação de uma reta, de uma curva, meaning the extension of these objects
- Technical and physical measures: extension of a line, cable, or infrastructure, or the extension of a
- Prolongação emphasizes the idea of making something last longer or reach further, and can be used
- It is closely related to, but distinct from, extensão (extension in a spatial or figurative sense)