sustained

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of sustain

adj

  1. Held continuously at a certain level.
    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. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
  2. (music) Held at a certain pitch.

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