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elongation

/ih-lawng-gey-shuhn, ih-long-, ee-lawng-, ee-long-/US // ɪ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, ɪ lɒŋ-, ˌi lɔŋ-, ˌi lɒŋ- //UK // (ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən) //

伸长率,伸长,延伸,延伸率

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of elongating or the state of being elongated.
    • : something that is elongated.
    • : Astronomy. the angular distance, measured from the earth, between a planet or the moon and the sun or between a satellite and the planet about which it revolves.

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Examples

  • During peduncle elongation, the stalks bearing the blossom buds extend and the flowers become visible.

  • The common condition can get progressively worse as a person ages and that ocular elongation extends.

  • Though when the cleavage is covered-up, embellishments and elongation come out in full-force.

  • As the hind foot elongates the index will increase; elongation of the hind foot is interpreted as a specialization.

  • But they told what they knew; that Venus was past her eastern elongation, was approaching the earth.

  • In that case a little extra tension may be given to offset the probable elongation of the loops.

  • In the Blue Ridge it has undergone no greater change than a slight elongation of its particles and development of a little mica.

  • The deflecting power exerted by the elastic bond is also increased by its elongation.