Noun: elongation i,lóng'gey-shun or ,ee,long'gey-sun [N. Amer], i,lóng'gey-shun or ,ee,lóng'gey-sun [Brit]
- The act of lengthening something
"The elongation of the rubber band increased its tension"
- The quality of being elongated
"The elongation of the rubber band increased as it was stretched"
- An addition to the length of something
"The elongation of the cable allowed it to reach the distant equipment";
- extension
Derived forms: elongations
Type of: addition, add-on, change of shape, improver, longness
Encyclopedia: Elongation