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LENGTH

Definition:

1. [noun] the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"
   
   
2. [noun] continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
   Synonyms: duration
   
   
3. [noun] the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
   
   
4. [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"
   Synonyms: distance
   
   
5. [noun] a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
   
   

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Related Words:

• circumference
• diameter, diam
• radius
• longness
• shortness
• longness
• lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction
• endlessness
• shortness
• brevity, briefness, transience
• permanence, permanency
• impermanence, impermanency
• leg
• arm's length
• gauge
• light time
• skip distance
• wingspan, wingspread
• wingspread
• altitude

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