Elongation

Elongation - Other Definitions

• (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
  
  
• (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.
  
  
• (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
  
  
• (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.