Definition of length

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Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length..

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Lengthiness :: Lengthiness (n.) The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
Micron :: Micron (n.) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
Line :: Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
Xylophone :: Xylophone (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles..
Uneven :: Uneven (a.) Not equal; not of equal length.
Excursion :: Excursion () Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.].
Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..
Long-drawn :: Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length.
Length :: Length (v. t.) To lengthen.
Heterostyled :: Heterostyled (a.) Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.
Paragnathous :: Paragnathous (a.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds..
Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..
Lengthen :: Lengthen (v. t.) To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out..
Arshine :: Arshine (n.) A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Radius Vector :: Radius vector () A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n..
Barleycorn :: Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch..
Dynastidan :: Dynastidan (n.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length..
Verst :: Verst (n.) A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
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