Length
Of size. May also be referred to as distance.
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".
This concept's ID is @1~28101
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- gauge
The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.
- leg
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.
- arm's length
A distance sufficient to exclude intimacy.
- light time
Distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves); "the light time from...
- skip distance
The shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel...
- wingspan
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...