| NOUN | attribute | length | the linear extent in space from one end to the other |
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| attribute | length, duration | continuance in time | |
| attribute | length | the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end / end / end | |
| attribute | length, distance | size of the gap between two places | |
| artifact | length | a section of something that is long and narrow |
| Sounds | leh'ngkth; leh'ngth | |
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| Rhymes | strength | |
| strength ... wavelength: 3 rhymes with ehngth... | ||
| Meaning | The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place. | |
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| Example | "the length of the table was 5 feet" | |
| Attributes | long | primarily spatial sense |
| short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length | |
| Narrower | circumference | The length of the closed curve of a circle |
| diameter, diam | The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference | |
| longness | The property of being of long spatial extent | |
| radius, r | The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere | |
| shortness | The property of being of short spatial extent | |
| Broader | dimension | The magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) |
| fundamental quantity, fundamental measure | One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement | |
| physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions | |
| Spanish | largo, longitud | |
| Catalan | llargària, longitud, longitut | |
| Meaning | continuance in time. | |
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| Example | "he complained about the length of time required" | |
| Synonym | duration | |
| Attributes | long | primarily temporal sense |
| short | primarily temporal sense | |
| Narrower | brevity, briefness, transience | The attribute of being brief or fleeting |
| endlessness | The property of being (or seeming to be) without end | |
| impermanence, impermanency | The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | |
| lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction | The consequence of being lengthened in duration | |
| longness | duration as an extension | |
| permanence, permanency | The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | |
| shortness | The property of being of short temporal extent | |
| Broader | temporal property | A property relating to time |
| Spanish | duración | |
| Catalan | duració, durada | |
| Adjectives | lengthy | relatively long in duration / duration |
| Meaning | The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end / end / end. | |
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| Example | "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words" | |
| Broader | extent | The distance or area or volume over which something extends |
| Spanish | longitud | |
| Catalan | longitud | |
| Meaning | size of the gap between two places. | |
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| Example | "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" | |
| Synonym | distance | |
| Narrower | altitude | The perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel) |
| arm's length | A distance sufficient to exclude intimacy / intimacy | |
| gauge | The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train | |
| leg | (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack | |
| light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves) | |
| skip distance | The shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere | |
| wingspan, wingspread | linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | |
| wingspread | distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended | |
| Broader | size | The physical magnitude of something (how big it is) |
| Spanish | distancia | |
| Catalan | distància | |
| Meaning | A section of something that is long and narrow. | |
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| Broader | section, segment | One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object |
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