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elongation
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the act of making longer the elongation of artificial fibers in the manufacturing process Synonyms drawing out, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretchingAntonyms abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening
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