elongation
Drawing something out
Elongation is the act or process of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened: the elongation of shadows at sunset.
In technical contexts, it measures how much a material can stretch before breaking: Steel has lower elongation than rubber.
In astronomy, elongation refers to the angular distance of a planet from the sun as viewed from Earth.
Length of existence
- extensionAdded part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
Added part or duration
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- spanDistance between endpoints
- distanceSpace between two points
extent · reach · dimension · measurement · proportion · ratio · aspect · axis
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- outgrowthSomething developing from another
development · lengthening · unfolding · spreading · branching · creeping · trailing · climbing
Pull to extend
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- extensibilityCapacity for adding features
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
flexibility · pliability · deformability · plasticity · stretchiness · give · yielding · distension
duration
Length of existence
- extensionAdded part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuanceSustained extension forward
extension
Added part or duration
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- spanDistance between endpoints
distance · extent · reach · dimension · measurement · proportion · ratio · aspect · axis · linearity
sprouting
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- extendingIncreasing in reach
outgrowth · development · lengthening · unfolding · spreading · branching · creeping · trailing · climbing · vining
stretch
Pull to extend
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- extensibilityCapacity for adding features
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
malleability · flexibility · pliability · deformability · plasticity · stretchiness · give · yielding · distension · deformation
- material mechanicsstress-strain, tensile strength, elasticity, strain, ductility
- Tajweedreciter, harakat, reciters, vowel lengthening, nasalization
- morphometricslandmarks, superimposition, craniometry, warping, skull shape
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
elongationshortening
Reducing length or duration
contraction · truncation · reduction · curtailment · shrinkage
elongationcompression
Forcing into smaller space
compaction · condensation · squashing · constriction · flattening
elongationabbreviation
Shortened word form
abridgment · abridgement · shortening · truncation · elision