elongations
Acts of lengthening
Elongations are instances of stretching or lengthening.
The word appears most often in technical contexts: astronomy measures a planet's elongation—its angular distance from the sun as viewed from Earth.
In medicine, tissue elongation describes stretching of muscles or ligaments.
More generally, any process of making something longer produces an elongation: The elongations in the metal occurred under extreme heat.
Extending muscles or material
- extensionAdded part or duration
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- expansionIncrease in scope
- deformationChange in shape
strain · tensile · pulling · drawing · elasticity · ductility · plasticity · necking
Increase in size
- cellBasic unit of life
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
shoot · meristem · auxin · plant · developmental · germination · seedling · internode
Geometric measure of rotation
- celestialOf the sky above
- orbitCurved celestial path
- planetStar-orbiting spherical body
- sunEarth's primary star
maximum · greatest · angular · separation · Venus · Mercury · inferior · superior
Of the backbone
- vertebralOf the backbone
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- postureBody position, alignment
decompression · therapeutic · skeletal · limb · bone · joint · muscle · tendon
Unobstructed speech sound
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- durationLength of existence
- speechOral communication ability
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
prosody · intonation · stress · accent · drawl · articulation · phonology · sound
stretching
Extending muscles or material
- extensionAdded part or duration
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- expansionIncrease in scope
deformation · strain · tensile · pulling · drawing · elasticity · ductility · plasticity · necking · thinning
growth
Increase in size
stem · shoot · meristem · auxin · plant · developmental · germination · seedling · internode · tendril
angle
Geometric measure of rotation
sun · maximum · greatest · angular · separation · Venus · Mercury · inferior · superior · visibility
spinal
Of the backbone
posture · decompression · therapeutic · skeletal · limb · bone · joint · muscle · tendon · ligament
vowel
Unobstructed speech sound
pronunciation · prosody · intonation · stress · accent · drawl · articulation · phonology · sound · tone
elongationscontractions
Shortened word forms
shortenings · compressions · truncations · reductions · abbreviations
elongationscompressions
Acts of pressing together
squashings · flattenings · compactions · squeezings · constrictions