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# elongation

«elongation» in Mova's school dictionary: **making something longer or becoming longer, by stretching…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (elongation, elongations); verb elongate; adjective elongated

### meaning for a pupil

1) Elongation is making something longer or becoming longer, by stretching or growing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#m1)

2) (science) Elongation is how much a material stretches before it breaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science: plants show elongation as their stems grow toward light; materials stretch under force; springs and elastic bands. Maths: an elongated shape is long and thin. Phrases: elongation of, stem elongation.

### examples

- The elongation of the elastic band showed how heavy the weight was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x1)
- Plant stems show elongation as they reach for light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x2)
- We measured the elongation of the spring in centimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x3)
- The giraffe's neck is an example of elongation of bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x4)
- Heat can cause elongation of metal rails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x5)
- Each extra weight caused more elongation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/#x6)

### note

Scientific word; plain phrase is stretching or getting longer. In an experiment, elongation = new length minus original length (for example 15 cm − 10 cm = 5 cm). Elongated is the adjective (an elongated oval).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elongation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.