Length vs. Diameter
Lengthnoun
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Lengthnoun
duration
Lengthnoun
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Lengthnoun
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Lengthnoun
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
Lengthnoun
(figuratively) Total extent.
Lengthnoun
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
Lengthverb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
Lengthnoun
A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.
Lengthnoun
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
Lengthnoun
A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
Lengthnoun
Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
Lengthnoun
Distance.
Lengthverb
To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;
Lengthnoun
continuance in time;
Lengthnoun
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
Lengthnoun
size of the gap between two places;
Lengthnoun
a section of something that is long and narrow;
Lengthnoun
the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object
Lengthnoun
the quality of being long
Lengthnoun
the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum
Lengthnoun
the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race
Lengthnoun
the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn
Lengthnoun
the full distance that a thing extends for
Lengthnoun
the full extent of one's body
Lengthnoun
the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable
Lengthnoun
the amount of time occupied by something
Lengthnoun
a piece or stretch of something
Lengthnoun
an extreme to which a course of action is taken
Lengthnoun
the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches
Lengthnoun
(in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more
Length
Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance.
Diameternoun
(geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
Diameternoun
(geometry) The length of such a line.
Diameternoun
(geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space
Diameternoun
(graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.
Diameternoun
Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.
Diameternoun
The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.
Diameternoun
The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module.
Diameternoun
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
Diameternoun
a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle. It can also be defined as the longest chord of the circle.
