noun. The act of elongating or the condition of being elongated.

noun. Something that elongates; an extension.

noun. The angular distance between two celestial bodies as seen from a third body, typically Earth.

noun. The act of elongating or lengthening; the state of being elongated or lengthened.

noun. Extension; continuation.

noun. Distance; space which separates one thing from another.

noun. A removing to a distance; removal; recession.

noun. In astronomy: The angular distance of a planet from the sun, as it appears to the eye of a spectator on the earth; apparent departure of a planet from the sun in its orbit: as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

noun. The angular distance of a satellite from its primary.

noun. In surgery: A partial dislocation, occasioned by the stretching or lengthening of the ligaments.

noun. The extension of a part beyond its natural dimensions.

noun. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

noun. That which lengthens out; continuation.

noun. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

noun. The angular distance of a planet from the sun.

noun. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

noun. That which lengthens out; continuation.

noun. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.

noun. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

noun. The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

noun. the act of lengthening something

noun. the quality of being elongated

noun. an addition to the length of something