American English pronunciation
How to pronounce elongation
IPA transcription: [,ilɔŋ'ɡeɪʃən]
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Noun
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the quality of being elongated
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an addition to the length of something
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the act of lengthening something
Usage examples
- Minerals that do not have exfoliation or elongation cannot have an angle of extinction.
- Both sexes are wingless and with rod-shaped elongation.
- Gibberellin is a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation, flower formation, and seedling growth.
- Transcription is divided into "initiation", "promoter escape", "elongation," and "termination".