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ELONGATIONS
Noun
elongations
plural of elongation
Source: Wiktionary
ELONGATION
E`lon*ga"tion, n. Etym: [LL. elongatio: cf. F. Ć©longation.]
1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." 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.)
Definition: The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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