length

  1. Noun.  The measurement of distance along the longest dimension of an object.
  2. Noun.  duration.
  3. Noun.  (context, horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
  4. Noun.  (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
  5. Noun.  (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
  6. Noun.  (figuratively) : total extent.
  7. Noun.  part of something that's long, a physical piece of something.

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