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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•lon•ga•tion (i lông gā′shən, i long-, ē′lông-, ē′long-),USA pronunciation n. - the act of elongating or the state of being elongated.
- something that is elongated.
- Astronomythe angular distance, measured from the earth, between a planet or the moon and the sun or between a satellite and the planet about which it revolves.
- Late Latin ēlongātiōn- (stem of ēlongātiō), equivalent. to ēlongāt(us) (see elongate) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˌelonˈgation /ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən/ n - the act of elongating or state of being elongated; lengthening
- something that is elongated
- the difference between the celestial longitude of the sun and that of a planet or the moon
e•lon•gate /ɪˈlɔŋgeɪt, ɪˈlɑŋ-/USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing . - to (cause to) lengthen or extend: [~ + object]Intense heat elongated the metal bar.[no object]The metal bar elongated under the intense heat.
e•lon•ga•tion /ˌilɔŋˈgeɪʃən, ˌilɑŋ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable* uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•lon•gate (i lông′gāt, i long′-, ē′lông gāt′, ē′long-),USA pronunciation v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj. v.t. - to draw out to greater length; lengthen;
extend.
v.i. - to increase in length.
adj. Also, e•lon′gat•ed. - extended;
lengthened. - long and thin.
- Late Latin ēlongātus lengthened out, past participle of ēlongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent. to Latin ē- e- + -longāre, derivative of longus long, longē far off
- 1530–40
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