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elongation: Meaning and Definition of

e•lon•ga•tion

Pronunciation: (i-lông-gā'shun, i-long-, ē"lông-, ē"long-), [key]
— n.
  1. the act of elongating or the state of being elongated.
  2. something that is elongated.
  3. 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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
elongate elope
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