elongation
NounUS[ee-lawng-gey-shuhn]/ˌilɔŋˈɡeɪʃən/4 syllables
Synonyms:
extension
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- the quality of being elongatedType of longness
- an addition to the length of somethingSynonyms: extensionType of addition, add-on
- the act of lengthening somethingType of change of shape
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E′lon·ga′tion (?; 277), noun
Origin: LL. elongatio: cf. F. élongation.
1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. “Elongation of the fibers.” John Arbuthnot
2. That which lengthens out; continuation.
May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains?— John 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.— Joseph Glanvill
4. Astronomy The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54