单词 | elongation |
释义 | elongation/iːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun] 1The action or process of lengthening something: the bird’s tails become forked through elongation of their outer feathers [count noun]: an elongation of the crater in the impact direction...
1.1An elongated part. 1.2The amount of extension of an object under stress, usually expressed as a percentage of the original length.All structural metals have approximately the same ductility as measured by percentage elongation....
2 Astronomy The angular separation of a planet from the sun or of a satellite from a planet, as seen by an observer: Mercury reaches greatest elongation on the 1st, when it will be 27 degrees west of the Sun...
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin elongatio(n-), from elongare 'place at a distance' (see elongate). |
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