length
1Length — is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end. This may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the… …
2Length — (l[e^]ngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. leng[eth], fr. lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. l[ae]ngde, Sw. l[ a]ngd, Icel. lengd. See {Long}, a. ] 1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from {breadth} or {width}; extent …
3Length — Length, v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
4length — noun (plural lengths) Etymology: Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengthu, from lang long Date: before 12th century 1. a. the longer or longest dimension of an object b. a measured distance or dimension < 10 feet in length > see metric… …
5length — See: AT LENGTH, GO TO ANY LENGTH, KEEP AT A DISTANCE or KEEP AT ARM S LENGTH …
6length — See: AT LENGTH, GO TO ANY LENGTH, KEEP AT A DISTANCE or KEEP AT ARM S LENGTH …
7Length contraction — Length contraction, according to Hendrik Lorentz, is the physical phenomenon of a decrease in length detected by an observer in objects that travel at any non zero velocity relative to that observer. This contraction (more formally called Lorentz …
8Length of stay — (LOS) is a term commonly used to measure the duration of a single episode of hospitalization. Inpatient days are calculated by subtracting day of admission from day of discharge. However, persons entering and leaving a hospital on the same day… …
9Length schema — Length of a schema: The total number of nodes in the schema is called the length N(H) of a schema H. N(H) is also equal to the number of nodes in the programs matching H.References [http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon/FOGP/ Foundations of… …
10Length of a module — In abstract algebra, the length of a module is a measure of the module s size . It is defined as the length of the longest ascending chain of submodules and is a generalization of the concept of dimension for vector spaces. The modules with… …
