Elongation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of elongating or the condition of being elongated.
  • n. Something that elongates; an extension.
  • n. The angular distance between two celestial bodies as seen from Earth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
  • n. That which lengthens out; continuation.
  • n. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
  • n. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
  • n. The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
  • n. That which lengthens out; continuation.
  • n. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
  • n. The angular distance of a planet from the sun.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of elongating or lengthening; the state of being elongated or lengthened.
  • n. Extension; continuation.
  • n. Distance; space which separates one thing from another.
  • n. A removing to a distance; removal; recession.
  • n. In astronomy: The angular distance of a planet from the sun, as it appears to the eye of a spectator on the earth; apparent departure of a planet from the sun in its orbit: as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
  • n. The angular distance of a satellite from its primary.
  • n. In surgery: A partial dislocation, occasioned by the stretching or lengthening of the ligaments.
  • n. The extension of a part beyond its natural dimensions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of lengthening something
  • n. the quality of being elongated
  • n. an addition to the length of something
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change of shape    longness    improver    add-on    addition   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dilatation    distension    parturition    atrophy    blain    dislocation    protrusion    pulsation