Elongation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Elongation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Elongation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elongation n the quality of being elongated an addition to the length of something Synonym(s): elongation, extension the act of lengthening something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elongation \E`longa"tion\ (?; 277), n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F. [82]longation.] 1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. [bd]Elongation* of the fibers.[b8] --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.