Lenght
Misspelling of length.
Lengthnoun
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Lengthnoun
duration
Lengthnoun
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Lengthnoun
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Lengthnoun
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
Lengthnoun
(figuratively) Total extent.
âthe length of a bookâ;
Lengthnoun
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
âa length of ropeâ;
Lengthverb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
Lengthnoun
A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.
âLarge lengths of seas and shores.â; âThe future but a length behind the past.â;
Lengthnoun
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
Lengthnoun
A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
Lengthnoun
Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
âMay Heaven, great monarch, still augment your blissWith length of days, and every day like this.â;
Lengthnoun
Distance.
âHe had marched to the length of Exeter.â;
Lengthverb
To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;
âthe length of the table was 5 feetâ;
Lengthnoun
continuance in time;
âthe ceremony was of short durationâ; âhe complained about the length of time requiredâ;
Lengthnoun
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
âthe editor limited the length of my article to 500 wordsâ;
Lengthnoun
size of the gap between two places;
âthe distance from New York to Chicagoâ; âhe determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two pointsâ;
Lengthnoun
a section of something that is long and narrow;
âa length of timberâ; âa length of tubingâ;
Lengthnoun
the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object
âthe fish reaches a length of 10 inchesâ; âthe delta is twenty kilometres in lengthâ;
Lengthnoun
the quality of being long
âthe length of the waiting listâ;
Lengthnoun
the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum
âfifty lengths of the poolâ;
Lengthnoun
the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race
âthe mare won the race by seven lengthsâ;
Lengthnoun
the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn
âthe length of her skirtâ;
Lengthnoun
the full distance that a thing extends for
âthe muscles running the length of my spineâ;
Lengthnoun
the full extent of one's body
âhe awkwardly lowered his length into the small carâ;
Lengthnoun
the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable
âthe length of the syllable is isomorphic with the length of the syllabic vowelâ;
Lengthnoun
the amount of time occupied by something
âdelivery must be within a reasonable length of timeâ;
Lengthnoun
a piece or stretch of something
âthe surviving length of trackâ; âa length of brown satinâ;
Lengthnoun
an extreme to which a course of action is taken
âthey go to great lengths to avoid the pressâ;
Lengthnoun
the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches
âLewis tended to bowl short of a lengthâ;
Lengthnoun
(in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more
âto open one heart with equal length in hearts and spades is in the modern Acol styleâ;
Length
Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance.