'Elongation' definitions:
Definition of 'elongation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being elongated
noun
An addition to the length of something [syn: elongation, extension]
noun
The act of lengthening something
Definition of 'Elongation'
From: GCIDE
- Elongation \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which lengthens out; continuation. [1913 Webster]
- May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains? --Pinkerton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury. [1913 Webster]