1. (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

2. (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.

3. (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

4. (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

L access accession accessory accompaniment accretion accrual accruement accumulation acreage addenda addendum additament addition additive additory additum adjunct adjuvant advance affective meaning aggrandizement alternate alternative school ambit ampliation amplification amplitude annex annexation appanage appendage appendant appendix appreciation appurtenance appurtenant area arm ascent attachment augment augmentation ballooning bearing bigness blab school bloating block boarding school body boom boost breadth broadening buildup bulk caliber call box capacity central school coda coin telephone coloring coming after compass complement comprehensiveness concomitant connotation consecution consecutiveness consequence consolidated school continualness continuance continuation continuation school continuing continuity continuum corollary correspondence school country day school coverage crescendo dame school day school denotation deployment depth descent desk telephone development dial telephone diameter dimension dimensions dispersion distance distension drawing out drift edema effect elevation ell elongation emptiness empty space endurance enlargement essence evening school expanse expansion extensiveness extent extrapolation fanning out field finishing school fixture flare flood following force free school gain galactic space gauge girth gist grammatical meaning greatening greatness growth gush height hike hiking idea impact implication import increase increment infinite space infinity inflation informal school intension interstellar space jump largeness leap length lengthening lengthiness lexical meaning line lineage linear measures lingering literal meaning logical sequence long time longitude longness magnification magnitude maintenance mass meaning measure measurement mileage mounting mouthpiece multiplication night school nongraded school nothingness offshoot open classroom school orbit order order of succession outer space overall length overtone pay station pendant pensionat perpetuation perpetuity perseverance persistence pertinence phone pith platoon school point posteriority postposition practical consequence private school procession procrastination production productiveness progress progression progressive school proliferation prolongation proportion proportions protraction public school public telephone purport pursuance purview push-button telephone radius raise raising range range of meaning reach real meaning receiver reference referent reinforcement relation relevance repetition rise rotation run scale school without walls scope semantic cluster semantic field sense sequence series side effect side issue significance signification