elongation

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Another approach, currently considered more promising, is the use of atropine eye drops to minimize undue elongation of the eye.

From New York Times

At its most basic, stuttering is a condition marked by the repetition, elongation, or pausing of one's sounds.

From Salon

However, at 27 °C, this growth repression is relieved2, and plants show accelerated flowering and rapid hypocotyl elongation compared with growth at 22 °C. Yet the mechanism underlying such temperature-regulated growth has remained a mystery.

From Nature

Now, researchers have found two genes that together help control the height of rice plants: one that accelerates the elongation of the stem and another that acts as a brake.

From Science Magazine

Together, these studies allowed him and his team to identify a larger, more complete network of genes involved in elongation than they could get from any one data set alone4.

From Nature