Definition of Elongation
E`lon`ga´tion
n.
1.
The
act
of
lengthening
,
or
the
state
of
being
lengthened
;
protraction
;
extension
.
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
.
Related Words
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,
longness
,
stretch
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