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Nov 30, 2009
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e•lon•ga•tion



Pronunciation: (i-lông-gā'shun, i-long-, ē"lông-, ē"long-), [key]
—n.
1. the act of elongating or the state of being elongated.
2. something that is elongated.
3. Astron.the angular distance, measured from the earth, between a planet or the moon and the sun or between a satellite and the planet about which it revolves.

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