length

1. The linear extent in space from one end to the other;
   The longest dimension of something that is fixed in place (synset 105136466)
   "the length of the table was 5 feet"
   tells us about:

   • long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
   • short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
   is a type of:

   • physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
   • dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
   • fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
   subtypes:

   • circumference - the length of the closed curve of a circle
   • diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
   • r, radius - the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
   • longness - the property of being of long spatial extent
   • shortness - the property of being of short spatial extent
2. Continuance in time (synset 105058400)
   "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
   tells us about:

   • long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
   • short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
   is a type of: temporal property - a property relating to time
   subtypes:

   • longness - duration as an extension
   • continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction - the consequence of being lengthened in duration
   • endlessness - the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
   • shortness - the property of being of short temporal extent
   • brevity, briefness, transience - the attribute of being brief or fleeting
   • permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
   • impermanence, impermanency - the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
   same as: duration
3. The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end (synset 105140372)
   "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
   is a type of: extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends
4. Size of the gap between two places (synset 105136830)
   "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
   is a type of: size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
   subtypes:

   • leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
   • arm's length - a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
   • gauge - the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
   • light time - distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves)
   • skip distance - the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
   • wingspan, wingspread - linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
   • wingspread - distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
   • altitude - the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
   same as: distance
5. A section of something that is long and narrow (synset 103661557)
   "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
   is a type of: section, segment - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

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