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length

/lɛn(t)θ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
  2. Duration.
  3. The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
  4. Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
  5. The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
  6. Total extent.
  7. To lengthen.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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