elongation
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From Aug. 14 through 16, Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 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
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
The elongation of the belt due to this stretch, pulley a takes up and transfers to side d, relieving it of tension and inducing its slackness.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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