elongation
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Aug. 14 through 16: Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation and glows low in the western sky after sunset.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The team compared two different vascular changes: fatty narrowing of larger arteries and the widening and elongation of arteries within the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
"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
If the upper hook is attached to a fixed support, and a weight is hung on the lower, the spring will be drawn out, and the arrangement will be in equilibrium under a certain elongation.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
Vocabulary lists containing elongation
Mechanical Engineering
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