Elongation
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Elongation may refer to:
- Elongation (astronomy)
- Elongation (geometry)
- Elongation (plasma physics)
- Part of transcription of DNA into RNA of all types, including mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, etc.
- Part of translation (biology) of mRNA into proteins
- Elongated organisms
- Elongation (mechanics), linear deformation