Length

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Length \Length\ (l[e^]ngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. leng[eth], fr.
     lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. l[ae]ngde, Sw.
     l[aum]ngd, Icel. lengd. See {Long}, a. ]
     1. 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.
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     2. A portion of space or of time considered as measured by
        its length; -- often in the plural.
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              Large lengths of seas and shores.     --Shak.
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              The future but a length behind the past. --Dryden.
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     3. 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.
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     4. 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.
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     5. Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to
        pursue a subject to a great length.
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              May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss
              With length of days, and every day like this.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. Distance. [Obs.]
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              He had marched to the length of Exeter. --Clarendon.
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     {At length}.
        (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as,
            let the name be inserted at length.
        (b) At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See
            Syn. of At last, under {Last}.
  
     {At arm's length}. See under {Arm}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Length \Length\, v. t.
     To lengthen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  length
       n 1: 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: continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration";
          "he complained about the length of time required" [syn: {duration}]
       3: the property of being the extent of something from beginning
          to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to
          500 words"
       4: 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" [syn: {distance}]
       5: a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of
          timber"; "a length of tubing"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "length":
     aesthetic distance, amplitude, area, at full length, at length,
     at long last, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, caliber, clearance,
     compass, completely, coverage, deep space, depth, depths of space,
     diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance, divergence, duration,
     eventually, exhaustively, expanse, expansion, extension,
     extensively, extent, farness, finally, fully, gauge, girth,
     greatness, height, in detail, infinity, interminably, largeness,
     leeway, light-years, magnitude, margin, mass, measure, measurement,
     mileage, orbit, panorama, parsecs, period, perspective, piece,
     proportion, proportions, purview, radius, range, reach, realm,
     remoteness, scale, scope, separation, size, space, span, spread,
     stretch, stride, term, thoroughly, ultimately, volume, way, ways,
     width