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elongation

In astronomy, angular distance between the Sun and a planet or other Solar System object. This angle is 0° at conjunction, 90° at quadrature, and 180° at opposition.


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clamps directly onto a specimen and measures elongations up to 30 in.
The result is components with typical tensile strengths of 40,000-45,000 psi and elongations of 5-7%.
Permeating excerpts from The Silk Road (The Seidenstrasse 2000) by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, from the Hampton company in its early years, are foldings of the body, limb and torso elongations and suspensions, and also spiral weavings.
 
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