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noun
- 1. the action or process of lengthening something: "the bird's tails become forked through elongation of their outer feathers"
- 2. the angular separation of a planet from the sun or of a satellite from a planet, as seen by an observer: "Mercury reaches greatest elongation on the 1st, when it will be 27 degrees west of the Sun"
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ELONGATION definition: 1. the process of becoming or making something become longer, and often thinner: 2. the process of…. Learn more.
The meaning of ELONGATION is the angular distance in the sky between a celestial body and another around which it revolves or between a celestial body and a particular point (such as the point where its path intersects the horizon). How to use elongation in a sentence.
The angular distance between two celestial bodies as seen from a third. Elongation is normally conceived as a measure of the angle formed between the Sun and a celestial body, such as a planet or the Moon, with Earth at the vertex.
elongation in British English. (ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən) noun. 1. the act of elongating or state of being elongated; lengthening. 2. something that is elongated. 3. astronomy. the difference between the celestial longitude of the sun and that of a planet or the moon.
1. the act of elongating or state of being elongated; lengthening. 2. something that is elongated. 3. (Astronomy) astronomy the difference between the celestial longitude of the sun and that of a planet or the moon.
Definition of elongation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
change of shape. an action that changes the shape of something. noun. the quality of being elongated. see more. see less. type of: longness. the property of being of long spatial extent.
Elongation Definition. An elongating or being elongated; lengthening; extension. Something elongated; lengthened part; continuation. The angular distance in degrees of a planet or the moon from the sun, as viewed from the earth. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
to become or make something become longer, and often thinner: The cells elongate as they take in water. Synonym. stretch. Compare. lengthen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming bigger. accrete. accrue. anti-growth. balloon. bell. billow. bump. engorged. enlargement. expansion. over-expansion. pile on the pounds idiom. puff up.
Elongation definition, the act of elongating or the state of being elongated. See more.
