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Word: Elongation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin elongatio(n-), from elongare ‘place at a distance’ (see elongate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action or process of lengthening something
Short Definition:action of elongating
Examples:- the bird's tails become forked through elongation of their outer feathers
- an elongation of the crater in the impact direction
Definition:
the angular separation of a planet from the sun or of a satellite from a planet, as seen by an observer
Short Definition:angular separation of planet from sun
Examples:- Mercury reaches greatest elongation on the 1st, when it will be 27 degrees west of the Sun
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