Definitions for elongation

elongation e·lon·ga·tion

Spelling: [ih-lawng-gey-shuh n, ih-long-, ee-lawng-, ee-long-]
IPA: /ɪ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, ɪ lɒŋ-, ˌi lɔŋ-, ˌi lɒŋ-/

Elongation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 571 anagrams from letters in elongation (aegilnnoot).

Definitions for elongation

noun

  1. the act of elongating or the state of being elongated.
  2. something that is elongated.
  3. Astronomy. the angular distance, measured from the earth, between a planet or the moon and the sun or between a satellite and the planet about which it revolves.

Origin of elongation

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin ēlongātiōn- (stem of ēlongātiō), equivalent to ēlongāt(us) (see elongate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for elongation

An elongation of the shelf to the south joins Tasmania with the mainland.

A haughty spirit seemed to rise in her by the mere process of the elongation.

The history of the plough goes back to the elongation of a bent stick.

That can be due only to the strain of elongation produced by the stress of tension.

Though when the cleavage is covered-up, embellishments and elongation come out in full-force.

The first is for latitude, the second for azimuth at elongation.

The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.

The elongation of the crown is also similar to what is termed hypsodont.

Was it a Spanish elongation of the name, or an English corruption?

In the first instance the strain is an elongation; in the second a shortening.

Word Value for elongation
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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