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Definitions for: Length
[n] a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
[n] continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
Webster (1913) Definition: Length (l[e^]ngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. leng[eth], fr.
lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. l[ae]ngde, Sw.
l["a]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.
2. A portion of space or of time considered as measured by
its length; -- often in the plural.
Large lengths of seas and shores. --Shak.
The future but a length behind the past. --Dryden.
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.
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.
5. Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to
pursue a subject to a great length.
May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss
With length of days, and every day like this.
--Dryden.
6. Distance.[Obs.]
He had marched to the length of Exeter. --Clarendon.
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.
Length, v. t.
To lengthen. [Obs.] --Shak.
Synonyms: distance, duration
See Also: altitude, arm's length, brevity, briefness, circumference, continuation, diam, diameter, dimension, endlessness, extent, fundamental measure, fundamental quantity, impermanence, impermanency, leg, lengthiness, light time, longness, permanence, permanency, physical property, prolongation, protraction, r, radius, section, segment, shortness, size, skip distance, temporal property, transience, wingspan, wingspread
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