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How to pronounce elongation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms extension
Type of add-on, addition, improver
Derivation elongate
Type Words
Type of change of shape
Derivation elongate
Type Words
Type of longness
Derivation elongate

Examples of elongation

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The bottom image, in the presence of tau, shows elongation of the mitochondria.
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In addition to growth by cell division, a plant may grow through cell elongation.
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They adapt by rapid shoot elongation and stretch their leaves towards the sun.
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Overexpression of YAP and Lats1 induced axis elongation defects and dorsal bending.
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Its greater maximum elongation means it is visible in dark skies long after sunset.
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Atg12 is activated by Atg7 and is involved in the elongation of isolation membranes.
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Long intronic GAA repeats causing Friedreich ataxia impede transcription elongation.
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Short-sightedness is caused by elongation of the eye's outermost tissue, the sclera.
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Relevance of fast westerlies at equinox for the eastward elongation of Titan's dunes.
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More examples
  • The quality of being elongated
  • An addition to the length of something
  • The act of lengthening something
  • (elongated) drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
  • (elongated) elongate: having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
  • In astronomy, a planet's elongation is the angle between the Sun and the planet, as viewed from Earth.
  • Strain, or deformation, is the response of a sample of a solid material to an external or internal stress.
  • The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension; That which lengthens out; continuation; The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching; Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance; The angular ...
  • (elongated) extensive in length; stretched