sustained
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsustained
- simple past and past participle of sustain
Adjective
editsustained (comparative more sustained, superlative most sustained)
- Held continuously at a certain level.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
- (music) Held at a certain pitch.
Synonyms
edit- (held at a certain level): constant, continuous, steady
Derived terms
editTranslations
editheld at a certain level
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