elongating 1 of 2

noun

Definition of elongatingnext
as in elongation

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elongating

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verb

present participle of elongate
as in lengthening
to make longer in his paintings the artist elongated the bodies of angels to give them a spiritual quality

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  1. elongation
  2. extending
  3. increasing
  4. extension
  5. protraction
Noun
  • Mercury’s greatest elongation — when a planet is at its apparent furthest distance from the sun — officially occurs in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 16.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The editors came up with that, maybe as a result of my having pushed for a kind of elongation of that moment with them both facing the camera and her walking away.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 June 2024
Definition of elongation
Verb
  • Saker continues to operate the Downtown Manhattan Heliport under an Interim Concession Agreement, with renewal options extending through June 12, 2025.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The company has borrowed $5,935,000 through promissory notes for extending the combination period and for working capital purposes.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of extending
Verb
  • County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Syntec continues to focus on expanding its end markets and enhancing its production capacity to meet increasing demand.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of increasing
Noun
  • In 2024, the wives and girlfriends of professional athletes—also known as WAGs—are more than just an extension of their partner or a trophy item sitting in the stands.
    Glamour, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The high-tech gimbal also features an extension rod for taking high or low shots, plus there’s an integral tripod for shooting from a table or other platform.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of extension
Noun
  • Serratus anterior: More laterally located within the chest wall, this muscle is responsible for scapular protraction (translation: pushing away from your body).
    Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
  • But all of these things are additional protraction of the litigation.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022
Definition of protraction
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