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elongation

[ih-lawng-gey-shuhn, ih-long-, ee-lawng-, ee-long-] / ɪ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, ɪ lɒŋ-, ˌi lɔŋ-, ˌi lɒŋ- /


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Aug. 14 through 16: Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation and glows low in the western sky after sunset.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

"Definitely the elongation of the vowels like 'cheeeeese'!"

From BBC Dec. 22, 2024

Using their technique, the team was able to observe, for the first time, the elongation of multiple pollen tubes within a living pistil and their unique attraction to female tissue.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

That gradual elongation happened because workers were moving farther from their workplaces, often forced to the margins by the rising cost of housing in job centers.

From Seattle Times Nov. 12, 2023

Again, where the topography or the location of oceans or dry areas causes the glacial lobes to be long and narrow, the elongation of the lobe is apparently checked in several ways.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington




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