Length
[leŋθ] or [lɛŋθ]
Definition
(noun.) a section of something that is long and narrow; 'a length of timber'; 'a length of tubing'.
(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'.
(noun.) the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; 'the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words'.
Checker: Lucy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
(a.) Distance.
(v. t.) To lengthen.
Checker: Rupert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Extent, longitude.[2]. Long duration.
Checker: Mollie
Definition
n. quality of being long: extent from end to end: the longest measure of anything: long continuance: detail: (prosody) time occupied in uttering a vowel or syllable: the quality of a vowel as long or short: any definite portion of a known extent.—v.t. Length′en to increase in length: to draw out.—v.i. to grow longer.—adv. Length′ily.—n. Length′iness.—adv. Length′wise in the direction of the length.—adj. Length′y of great length: rather long—(obs.) Length′ful.—Length of days prolonged life.—At length in the full extent: at last; Go great lengths Go to all lengths to use extreme efforts; Go to the length of to proceed as far as.
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Examples
- I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At length, after a short pause, Miss Crawford began with, So you are to be a clergyman, Mr. Bertram. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Small holes a few inches apart are cut along a certain length of rock, into which steel wedges are inserted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I should have been fond enough of you even to go that length, and you would have accepted my invitation--you would, sir, twenty years ago! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At length, however, a window opened, and a female voice called to him,-- Eh, bien! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At length, I got up whenever I saw him coming, and standing on the foot-board, pretended to look at the prospect; after which I did very well. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. Plato. The Republic.
- At length he roused himself to explain that he wanted money to be raised on this watch. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At length he began to plead again. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He's priming himself, Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At length he said: 'Miss Jenny! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He at length proposed to me travelling all over Europe together, supporting ourselves everywhere by working at our business. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- For different pitches, pipes of different lengths are used: for very low pitches long, closed pipes are used; for very high pitches short, open pipes are used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In some the pug mill is arranged horizontally to feed out the clay in the form of a long horizontal slab, which is cut up into proper lengths to form the bricks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the so-called wind instruments, sound is produced by vibrating columns of air inclosed in tubes or pipes of different lengths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The symbols are thus made by deviations from the straight line, of different lengths and of varied combinations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These iron plates were usually cast in lengths of six feet, and they were secured to transverse wooden sleepers by spikes and oaken pegs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Next he adjusts his receiving circuits for a number of wave lengths. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There is no knowing to what lengths the mischief may go, said Sir James, anxiously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- After me I dragged six lengths of leather from an equal number of my warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I had no idea of the lengths to which this would carry him, until the merest accident opened my eyes to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One of the main things is to see that the silage is cut to proper lengths, which would be about half-inch or one-inch pieces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is quite impossible at present to guess at the relative lengths of these ages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These locks are 110 feet wide and have usable lengths of 1,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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