Quick definitions from WordNet (length)
▸ noun: a section of something that is long and narrow ("A length of timber")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end ("The editor limited the length of my article to 500 words")
▸ noun: continuance in time ("He complained about the length of time required")
▸ noun: size of the gap between two places ("He determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points")
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▸ noun: a section of something that is long and narrow ("A length of timber")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end ("The editor limited the length of my article to 500 words")
▸ noun: continuance in time ("He complained about the length of time required")
▸ noun: size of the gap between two places ("He determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points")
▸ Also see length