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Alength
adverb · 78% connection
At full length; lengthwise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Align
verb · 78% connection
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Alignment
noun · 78% connection
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Axis
noun · 78% connection
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Branch
noun · 78% connection
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the Eng…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Determination
noun · 78% connection
The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Direction
noun · 78% connection
The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Directrix
noun · 78% connection
A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Distance
noun · 78% connection
The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; meas…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
End
noun · 78% connection
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Feeder
noun · 78% connection
A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Generation
noun · 78% connection
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathemati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Gunter's line
unknown · 78% connection
A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Helicoid
noun · 78% connection
A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Hodograph
noun · 78% connection
A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, line, lengthwise.
