Elongation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which lengthens out; continuation.

II. Elongation ·noun Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

III. Elongation ·noun The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

IV. Elongation ·noun The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

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