ELONGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elongation mean? 

• ELONGATION (noun)
  The noun ELONGATION has 3 senses:

1. the quality of being elongated

2. an addition to the length of something

3. the act of lengthening something

  Familiarity information: ELONGATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELONGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being elongated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An addition to the length of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

elongation; extension

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of lengthening something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 1-delta protein, is involved in delivery of aminoacyl tRNAs to the ribosome during translation.

(EEF1D wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 1-gamma protein, plays a putative role in the assembly of multi-subunit complexes during translation.

(EEF1G wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 2 protein, plays a role in the mediation of protein synthesis.

(EEF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 1-beta protein, plays a role in the transfer of aminoacylated tRNAs to the ribosome during translation.

(EEF1B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 1-alpha 2 protein, is involved in the promotion of protein elongation.

(EEF1A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a regulatory role in the enzymatic activity of adenylate cyclase and axon elongation.

(ADORA2B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

DT-A catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of translation elongation factor 2 (EF-2), resulting in the inhibition of protein synthesis and apoptosis.

(DTA-H19 Plasmid, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elongation factor 1-alpha 1 protein, plays a role in the modulation of protein synthesis.

(EEF1A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal AT hook and DNA methyltransferase domains of histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL fused to all but the first 46 amino acids of the RNA polymerase II elongation factor ELL.

(MLL/ELL Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Once internalized, PE38 induces caspase-mediated apoptosis via a mechanism involving mitochondrial damage and blocks translational elongation by binding to elongation factor 2 (EF-2).

(Moxetumomab Pasudotox, NCI Thesaurus)