as in extension
the act of making longer
the elongation of artificial fibers in the manufacturing process
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Recent Examples of elongation
Mercury’s greatest elongation — when a planet is at its apparent furthest distance from the sun — officially occurs in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 16.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
The editors came up with that, maybe as a result of my having pushed for a kind of elongation of that moment with them both facing the camera and her walking away.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 June 2024
The Tank Louis specifically saw an elongation of the rectangle and a softening of the corners of the rails that run vertically along the sides.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Per Toplak and Kerk, there is evidence of skull elongation being practiced in various ancient and medieval cultures, from South America and Central Asia to Southeast Europe.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
The editors came up with that, maybe as a result of my having pushed for a kind of elongation of that moment with them both facing the camera and her walking away.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 June 2024
The Tank Louis specifically saw an elongation of the rectangle and a softening of the corners of the rails that run vertically along the sides.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Per Toplak and Kerk, there is evidence of skull elongation being practiced in various ancient and medieval cultures, from South America and Central Asia to Southeast Europe.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
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“Elongation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elongation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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