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LENGTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A section of something that is long and narrow
Example:
a length of tubing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("length" is a kind of...):
section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Continuance in time
Example:
he complained about the length of time required
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("length" is a kind of...):
temporal property (a property relating to time)
Attribute:
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "length"):
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)
Derivation:
lengthy (relatively long in duration; tediously protracted)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
Example:
the length of the table was 5 feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("length" is a kind 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)
Attribute:
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "length"):
shortness (the property of being of short spatial extent)
longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)
r; radius (the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere)
diam; diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)
circumference (the length of the closed curve of a circle)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Size of the gap between two places
Example:
he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points
Synonyms:
distance; length
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("length" is a kind of...):
size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "length"):
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))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
Example:
the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("length" is a kind of...):
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Context examples:
As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, tree growth will continue to accelerate, but the length of time that trees store carbon, the so-called carbon residence time, will diminish.
(Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms, University of Cambridge)
The whirl culminated in a collision with a chair, and the man and woman crashed to the floor in a wild struggling fall that extended itself across half the length of the room.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
At length, however, he did look towards her, and he bowed—but such a bow!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Human MET wild-type allele is located within 7q31 and is approximately 126 kb in length.
(MET wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional unit of length defined as the number of opening per inch of a screen, e.g. the number of strands or particles per inch.
(Mesh, NCI Thesaurus)
At first he made no reply, but at length said testily:—Bother them all! I don't care a pin about them.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The research demonstrates how a circadian clock protein in the muscle — BMAL1 — regulates the length and manner of sleep.
(Muscle, Not Brain, May Hold Answers to Some Sleep Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Human ACADM wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 1p31 and is approximately 39 kb in length.
(ACADM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Human ABCB6 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 2q36 and is approximately 9 kb in length.
(ABCB6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Human ABCB5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7p15.3 and is approximately 108 kb in length.
(ABCB5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
