ELONGATION


Meaning of ELONGATION in English

■ noun

1》 the lengthening of something.

2》 Astronomy the angular separation of a planet from the sun or of a satellite from a planet.

Origin

ME: from late L. elongatio(n-) , from elongare (see elongate ).

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