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Noun length has 5 senses

length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"
--₁ is a kind of fundamental quantity, fundamental measure; physical property; dimension
--₁ has particulars:
circumference; diameter, diam; radius, r; longness; shortness
duration, length - continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
--₂ is a kind of temporal property
--₂ has particulars:
longness; lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction; endlessness; shortness; brevity, briefness, transience; permanence, permanency; impermanence, impermanency
length - the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
--₃ is a kind of extent
distance, length - size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
--₄ is a kind of size
--₄ has particulars:
leg; arm's length; gauge; light time; skip distance; wingspan, wingspread; wingspread; altitude
length - a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
--₅ is a kind of section, segment