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