Phrase Hound found 67 phrases and 50 compound words that contain length. The most common are listed below. Open length in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 67
- full-lengthNot shortened; complete and uncut.
- focal lengthA measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the distance along the optical axis from the principal plane of the lens to the lens's …
- cable lengthOne tenth of a nautical mile.
- path lengthThe number of edges traversed in a given path in a graph.
- half-lengthHalf the normal length.
- Total length
- feature-lengthHaving the length of a feature film, generally in the range of about 1½ to 3 hours.
- length overallLength of a ship from bow to stern.
- line and lengthThe direction (line) and point at which a delivery hits the pitch (length) of a delivery considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's deliveries.
- Overall length
- read lengthA length of nucleic acid that has been sequenced.
- knee-lengthReaching to the knee.
- bond lengthThe distance between a pair of atoms that are bonded together in a molecule
- block lengthThe length (in bytes, characters, etc.) of a block of data.
- book-lengthOf a document, composition, or other entity: as long as a book; i.e. very long or extensive.
- whole-lengthDepicting the whole figure.
- length scaleA particular length or distance whose value is determined to one order of magnitude (or to very few orders of magnitude)
- at arm's lengthAt a distance, away from one's body.
- short of a lengthof a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman.
- length and breadthThe entirety of a place being searched or traversed.
- arm's lengthA distance approximately equal to the length of a human's arm.
- floor-lengthThat reaches to the floor.
- tea-lengthHaving a hemline that is below the knees and above the ankle.
- Planck lengthA unit of length, believed to be the scale at which quantum gravity effects become significant, that is defined in terms of the speed of light, the gravitational constant and the reduced Planck's constant, namely: ℓ_P=√hbar Gc³≈1.616 …
- after lengthAlternative spelling of afterlength: The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.
Compound words 50
- wavelengthThe length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
- swordlengthA distance equal to the length of a sword.
- lengthmanA man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of canal, railway, or road.
- arclengthThe length of an arc.
- daylengthperiod of daylight; photoperiod
- boatlengthA distance equal to the length of a boat.
- boatslengthAlternative form of boatlength: A distance equal to the length of a boat.
- dragonlengthA distance equal to the length of a dragon.
- lengtherSomething of the specified length.
- swordslengthAlternative form of swordlength: A distance equal to the length of a sword.