Associations to the word «Length»

LENGTH, noun. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

LENGTH, noun. Duration

LENGTH, noun. (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

LENGTH, noun. (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

LENGTH, noun. (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

LENGTH, noun. (figuratively) Total extent.

LENGTH, noun. Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

LENGTH, verb. (obsolete) To lengthen.

LENGTH OVERALL, noun. (nautical) Length of a ship from bow to stern.

LENGTH SCALE, noun. (physics) A particular length or distance whose value is determined to one order of magnitude (or to very few orders of magnitude)

LENGTH, noun. The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet".

LENGTH, noun. Continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required".

LENGTH, noun. The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words".

LENGTH, noun. Size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points".

LENGTH, noun. A section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing".