elongation
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"Definitely the elongation of the vowels like 'cheeeeese'!"
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
That gradual elongation happened because workers were moving farther from their workplaces, often forced to the margins by the rising cost of housing in job centers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
The research team found that SCFAs such as acetic, propionic, butyric and valeric acids induce dendrite elongation by inhibiting an enzyme called histone deacetylase.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
It was also observed that SCAFs activated dendrite elongation by stimulating a signaling pathway involved in reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton -- forces responsible for cell movement and cell morphology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
The abdominal aorta is not so extensively affected, although this, too, shows some elongation and slight thinning.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Vocabulary lists containing elongation
Mechanical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Structural Engineering
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