elongation

1. n. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. Source: opted

2. n. That which lengthens out; continuation. Source: opted

3. n. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance. Source: opted

4. n. The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury. Source: opted

5. n. the quality of being elongated Source: wordnet

6. n. an addition to the length of something Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of lengthening something Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, theelongation of Venus or Mercury. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. the quality of being elongated n. an addition to the length of something n. the act of lengthening something Source: ecdict

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