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elongation

 
Dictionary: e·lon·ga·tion   (ĭ-lông''shən, ĭ-lŏng'-, ē'lông-, ē'lŏng-) pronunciation
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  1. The act of elongating or the condition of being elongated.
  2. Something that elongates; an extension.
  3. The angular distance between two celestial bodies as seen from Earth.

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Thesaurus: elongation
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noun

    The act of making something longer or the condition of being made longer: extension, prolongation, protraction. See long/short.

Dental Dictionary: elongation
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(ē′lông-gā′shən)
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The process or condition of increasing in length before breaking; indicates ductility (for example, of a metal).

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: elongation
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elongation, in astronomy, the angular distance between two points in the sky as measured from a third point. The elongation of a planet is usually measured as the angular distance from the sun to the planet as measured from the earth. When a planet lies on the line drawn from the earth to the sun, its elongation is 0° and is said to be in conjunction. When a planet's elongation is 90°, it is in quadrature. When its elongation is 180°, it is in opposition. Elongation is measured east (eastern quadrature) or west (western quadrature) from the sun. The superior planets can have elongations between 0° and 180°; the elongations of the inferior planets are limited by their proximity to the sun. The greatest elongation of Mercury is 28°, and of Venus, 47°.


Veterinary Dictionary: elongation
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1. in protein synthesis, cyclic process of growth of a polypeptide chain from mRNA attached to ribosomes. Requires mRNA, ribosomes, activated aminoacyl-tRNA, elongation factor EF-Tu activated with GTP.
2. in fatty acids, a process of adding carbon from acetyl CoA to a lengthening acyl chain. Mechanism for achieving diversity of fatty acids in biological systems.

  • e. factor — one in a group of proteins involved in the elongation of polypeptide chains during protein synthesis.
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Elongation may refer to:

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