length
/lɛn(t)θ/ · noun
Meaning
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- Duration.
- The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- Total extent.
- To lengthen.
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