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  • 41Length scale — In physics, length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order (or a few orders) of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales… …

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  • 42length — noun 1 distance from one end to the other ADJECTIVE ▪ entire, full, maximum, whole ▪ There is a maximum length of 2 500 words. ▪ A long veranda runs the whole length of the building …

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  • 43length — [[t]le̱ŋθ[/t]] ♦♦ lengths 1) N VAR: oft with poss, oft amount in N, N of amount The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side. It is about a metre in length. ...the length of the fish...… …

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  • 44length */*/*/ — UK [leŋθ] / US noun Word forms length : singular length plural lengths 1) [countable/uncountable] a measurement of how long something is in size Cut the cloth to the required length. This beautiful bird is small, with a total length of about… …

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  • 45length — /leNT/ noun 1 SIZE (C, U) the measurement of something from one end to the other (+ of): The fish can grow to a length of four feet. | 2 feet in length/10 metres in length etc: Vehicles of over 3 metres in length pay an additional toll. | pieces… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46length — /lengkth, length, lenth/, n. 1. the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. 3. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration,… …

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  • 47Length — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Length >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 length length longitude span Sgm: N 1 mileage mileage GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 line line bar rule stripe streak spoke …

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  • 48length — /lɛŋθ / (say length) noun 1. the linear magnitude of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc. 3. extent in time; duration: the length of a battle. 4 …

  • 49length — [[t]lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ[/t]] n. 1) the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river[/ex] 2) wam the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure 3) extent from beginning to end of a series,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50length — n. 1 measurement or extent from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of a body. 2 extent in, of, or with regard to, time (a stay of some length; the length of a speech). 3 the distance a thing extends (at arm s… …

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