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Meaning of length

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  length
      n 1: the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the
           longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the
           length of the table was 5 feet"
      2: continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration";
         "he complained about the length of time required" [syn:
         {duration}, {length}]
      3: the property of being the extent of something from beginning
         to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500
         words"
      4: 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" [syn: {distance},
         {length}]
      5: a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of
         timber"; "a length of tubing"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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