The phrase 'a long shape' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is shaped like a line or a column, or to describe something that is longer than it is wide or tall. For example, "The pencil sharpeners in the classroom had a long shape, like a cylinder."
Confocal scanning laser microscopy images of a cross section of cellulose-based pellicle produced by KMC in a sugared black tea, showing a variety of both bacteria and yeast cell morphotypes (a); cells of unusual morphology (a long shape), which may indicate the existence of dormant uncultivable microbial (sub populations (b).
Gently roll the pizza, folding the ingredients underneath each layer, until you end up with a long shape.
Under these conditions, the cells grew in tight groups, and only a few isolated cells that accomplished differentiation presented a long shape and attached to the plate (Fig 6G).
If the gift is a long shape, place it on a diagonal.
Draw a long shape with several straight angles on the top.
Roll the piece of clay into a long, snake shape.
An hour or so earlier I had cast a bonefish fly at the head of a ridiculously long shape cruising the edge of the flat.
The most important of these are the Sobaek Mountains, which undulate in a long S-shape across the peninsula.
However, one well-preserved specimen of Velociraptor mongoliensis (IGM 100/986) has an articulated tail skeleton that is curved horizontally in a long S-shape.
As already demonstrated by us, WT A549 cells treated with TGF- β1 lost their epithelial morphology after 48 h of treatment; they became dispersed and assumed a fibroblast-like appearance with long shape and a central nucleus.
Smaller holes were not fully filled with the PDMS, having a very short hemi-spherical 'bump' shape rather than a long cylindrical shape.
