The act of stretching or lengthening; as the elongation of a fiber.

The state of being extended.

Distance; space which separates one thing from another.

Departure; removal; recession.

Extension; continuation. May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains.

In astronomy, the recess of a planet from the sun, as it appears to the eye of a spectator on the earth; apparent departure of a planet from the sun in its orbit; as the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

In surgery, an imperfect luxation, occasioned by the stretching or lengthening of the ligaments; or the extension of a part beyond its natural dimension.&