elongation

Bedeutung

1. The act of lengthening
2. the state of being lengthened
3. That which lengthens out; continuation.
4. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
5. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
6. The angular distance of a planet from the sun

Etymologie

Borrowed from Late Latin elongatio, elongationem.

Sätze

Elongation in hydrostats is caused by the contraction of transverse or helical musculature arrangements .

Die Dehnung bei Hydrostaten wird durch die Kontraktion von Quer- oder helikalen Muskulaturanordnungen verursacht.