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elongation

[ih-lawng-gey-shuhn, ih-long-, ee-lawng-, ee-long-] / ɪ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, ɪ lɒŋ-, ˌi lɔŋ-, ˌi lɒŋ- /


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Prodding individual rotors in the metamaterial and tracking the resulting displacements and elongations in the system, the researchers identified different 'mechanical molecules': groups of rotors and springs which move as a single unit.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024

He wove elaborate textures out of canons, inversions, elongations and diminutions.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Despite its several transformations and elongations, it retains the child like wonder that it must have had when it was performed by children.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had managed to tame the mannerism of the Blue Period, with its wistful elongations and neurotic passivity of form, by studying Degas.

From Time Magazine Archive

I listen to famous qaris with my headphones and try to mimic their inflections and elongations of words when I’m alone.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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