Found 3 items, similar to Elongation.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: elongation rentangan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: elongation elongation n 1: the quality of being elongated 2: an addition to the length of something [syn: extension] 3: the act of lengthening something
English → English (gcide) Definition: Elongation Elongation \E`lon*ga"tion\ (?; 277), n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F. ['e]longation.] 1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. “Elongation of the fibers.” --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. That which lengthens out; continuation. [1913 Webster] May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains? --Pinkerton. [1913 Webster] 3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury. [1913 Webster]