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Elongation
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What's The Definition Of Elongation?
[n] the act of lengthening something
[n] an addition to the length of something [n] the quality of being elongated Synonyms | Synonyms for Elongation: extension Related Terms | Find terms related to Elongation: See Also | addition | change of shape | improver | longness Elongation In Webster's Dictionary \E`lon*ga"tion\ (?; 277), n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F.
['e]longation.]
1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened;
protraction; extension. ``Elongation of the fibers.''
--Arbuthnot.
2. That which lengthens out; continuation.
May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland
be considered as elongations of these two chains?
--Pinkerton.
3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance;
distance.
The distant points in the celestial expanse appear
to the eye in so small a degree of elongation from
one another, as bears no proportion to what is real.
--Glanvill.
4. (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun;
as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
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