elongation

Borrowed from Late Latin elongatio, elongationem.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

elongation (countable and uncountable, plural elongations)

1. The act of lengthening
2. the state of being lengthened
3. That which lengthens out; continuation.
4. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
5. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a planet from the sun

   the elongation of Venus

• elongate