- measured length
- • измеряемая линия• измеряемый участок
English-Russian cartography dictionary. 2013.
English-Russian cartography dictionary. 2013.
Length — is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end. This may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the… … Wikipedia
Length contraction — Length contraction, according to Hendrik Lorentz, is the physical phenomenon of a decrease in length detected by an observer in objects that travel at any non zero velocity relative to that observer. This contraction (more formally called Lorentz … Wikipedia
length — W2S2 [leŋθ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3¦(books/films etc)¦ 4 run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of something 5 shoulder length/knee length etc 6 go to some/great/any lengths (to do something) 7 at (some/great etc) length 8 the length and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Length — (l[e^]ngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. leng[eth], fr. lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. l[ae]ngde, Sw. l[ a]ngd, Icel. lengd. See {Long}, a. ] 1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from {breadth} or {width}; extent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Length at the waterline — Length at the waterline, often abbreviated as lwl,w/l, w.l. or wl is term used to describe the length of a ship. This term refers to the length of a vessel along the waterline. In a ship with raked stems, naturally this length changes as the… … Wikipedia
Length between perpendiculars — Length between perpendiculars, often abbreviated as p/p, p.p., pp or LBP is a term describing the length of a ship. LBP refers to the length of a vessel along the waterline from the forward surface of the stem, or main bow perpendicular member,… … Wikipedia
Length overall — Length overall, often abbreviated as (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) refers to the maximum length of a vessel from the two points on the hull most distant from each other, measured perpendicular to the waterline. See also *Length between perpendiculars… … Wikipedia
length-height index — leŋ(k)th hīt , len(t)th n the ratio of the height of the skull esp. as measured between basion and bregma to its length * * * the height of the skull expressed as a percentage of its length … Medical dictionary
Measured depth — (a) is an imaginary line representing the True vertical depth, while line (b) is the borehole itself, and its length is called the measured depth. In the oil industry measured depth (commonly shortened to MD), is the length of the borehole, line… … Wikipedia
Length scale — In physics, length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order (or a few orders) of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales… … Wikipedia
length — noun 1 distance from one end to the other ADJECTIVE ▪ entire, full, maximum, whole ▪ There is a maximum length of 2 500 words. ▪ A long veranda runs the whole length of the building … Collocations dictionary