elongation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the quality of being elongated
  2. noun an addition to the length of something
  3. noun the act of lengthening something

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin elongatio, elongationem.

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