noun
Meaning 1
The act of lengthening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
elongation
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noun
Meaning 2
The state of being lengthened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
That which lengthens out; a continuation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A removal to a distance; a withdrawal; a being at a distance; a distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The angular distance of a planet from the sun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- the elongation of Venus
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noun
Meaning 7
the act of lengthening something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change of shape
noun
Meaning 8
an addition to the length of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: extension
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: addition, add-on, improver
noun
Meaning 9
the quality of being elongated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: longness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin elongatus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Late Latin elongatio, elongationembor. English elongation Borrowed from Late Latin elongatio, elongationem.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: удължаване (udǎlžavane) — The act of lengthening
- Bulgarian: разтегляне (raztegljane) — The act of lengthening
- Hungarian: hosszabbítás — The act of lengthening
- Irish: fadú — The act of lengthening
- Indonesian: elongasi — The angular distance of a planet from the sun