单词 | elongation |
释义 | elongation /i lawng gay"sheuhn, i long-, ee'lawng-, ee'long-/, n. 1. the act of elongating or the state of being elongated. 2. something that is elongated. 3. Astron. the 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. [1350-1400; ME < LL elongation- (s. of elongatio), equiv. to elongat(us) (see ELONGATE) + -ion- -ION] |
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