LENGTH Definition & Meaning

length  length Common Rft 18 ' 94 When rafters overhang , add both overhang's to width of building Use total span as before To get length of rafter by its Length is a measurement The length of something is the distance between two ends of the thing Short means a small length Long means much length

a whale measuring around 60 feet in length; a swimming pool with a breadth of 10 metres and a length of 50 metres; The sides are of equal length  noun ; a · the longer or longest dimension of an object ; b · a measured distance or dimension 10 feet in length see Metric System Table, Weights and Measures

length of haul to this market rose between periods from 280 miles in 1941 to 360 miles in 1950 : There was little change between periods in the average length Because of its length, this race is an ultramarathon, the name given to a race that is longer than the normal marathon length of 42 kilometers