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length

The measurement of the extent of something along its greatest dimension; in geometry, the distance between two points or the size of a line segment.

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Example

The length of a line segment with endpoints (1, 2) and (4, 6) is found using the distance formula: √(9 + 16) = 5.

Synonyms

distanceextentmeasuresizescope

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