Elongation is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ELONGATION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of elongating
• the action or process of lengthening something
• an elongated part.
• the amount of extension of an object under stress, usually expressed as a percentage of the original length.
• the angular separation of a planet from the sun or of a satellite from a planet, as seen by an observer
• The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
• That which lengthens out; continuation.
• Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
• The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
• the quality of being elongated
• an addition to the length of something
• the act of lengthening something
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the angular distance of a celestial body from another around which it revolves or from a particular point in the sky

Words related to ELONGATION

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Words that contain ELONGATION

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How to use ELONGATION in a sentence

• It consisted of a loose coat, somewhat in the form of a shirt, with a large hood to it, and a short elongation behind like the commencement of a tail.
• In a way, this ability of theirs to destroy across space was an elongation of claw and fang.
• The apparent effect is an elongation of the earlier part of the curve written, and a corresponding compression of the last verse written.
• The fly wheel is provided with a winch whose arm is capable of elongation in order to accommodate it to the reach of the sound limb.
• These do not connect with the fore and hind legs, as in the bat tribe, but are supported by an elongation of the alternate ribs, as pointed out by my friend Mr.
• An alloy of copper and nickel containing a small percentage of aluminum, called Hercules metal, withstood a strain of 105,000 pounds, and broke without elongation.
• Another grade of this metal broke under a strain of 111,000 pounds, with an elongation equivalent to 33 per cent.
• They show an elongation of forms and an excess of decoration in which the florid qualities predominate.
• The elongation y of any spring s can thus be produced by a motion of P.
• The face of the saint is so attractive that one forgets the elongation of her figure.
• Its greater elongation extended due north and south, conformable to the direction of most of the other summits I had ascended.
• When a bow is bent there is a compression of the fibres on the inner or concave side and an elongation of the fibres on the outer or convex side.
• The result is an elongation or stretching of the material in the direction of the applied force.
• Elongation is a distinguishing feature of all truly great voices.
• The truth is, the form of the covered tones of the voice, through elongation, is larger than the form of those which we call the open tones, in contradistinction to the covered.
• Of this process, the first and simplest condition is the reversal of the upper petals and elongation of the lower ones, in blossoms set on the side of a clustered stalk.
• ELONGATION, the angular distance of a planet from the sun.
• They gave an average of forty-five pounds, and an elongation averaging nineteen per cent of the total length.
• Being further twisted by twenty-five turns it shortened itself one fourth of its previous elongation.

Similar words containing ELONGA without suffix tion

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