elongation
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: élongation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin elongatio, elongationem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
elongation (countable and uncountable, plural elongations)
- The act of lengthening
- the state of being lengthened
- That which lengthens out; continuation.
- The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
- Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a planet from the sun
- the elongation of Venus
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
The act of lengthening
|