'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]

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