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Definition of Elongations
1. elongation [n] - See also: elongation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elongations
Literary usage of Elongations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"These are called elongations. (2) The time of passing a definite division of the
scale in the positive or negative direction. (3) The scale-reading at ..."
2. Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of the Stress and Strain of Elastic by Benjamin Williamson (1894)
"Principal elongations. The elongation of any strained line is the ratio of its
... The elongations for the axes of the strain ellipsoid are called the ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"The lesser elongations are in each case about two-thirds of the greater. There is
also another well- marked feature of difference at the different stations, ..."
4. Elements of Plane Surveying (including Leveling) by Samuel Marx Barton (1913)
"It will be noticed that for the tabular year two eastern elongations occur on Jan.
14, two western elongations on July 13, two upper culminations on April ..."
5. Topographical Surveying: Including Geographic, Exploratory, and Military by Herbert Michael Wilson (1900)
"APPROXIMATE LOCAL MEAN ASTRONOMIC TIMES OF THE CULMINATIONS AND elongations OF
POLARIS FOR THE YEAR 1900. Latitude 40° north ; longitude 61' west of ..."
6. Applied Mechanics: A Treatise for the Use of Students who Have Time to Work by John Perry (1907)
"When the exercises are finished, divide all the elongations by that of the first
spring, ... TABLE XVI. — RELATIVE elongations FOB SAME AXIAL LOADS. ..."
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