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Across
noun · 78% connection
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Aim
verb · 78% connection
The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Along
adverb · 78% connection
By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Anticlastic
adjective · 78% connection
Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Astatic
adjective · 78% connection
Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
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: direction, length.
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: direction, length.
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: direction, length.
Direction
noun · 78% connection
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Double
adjective · 78% connection
To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a nu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Enfilade
noun · 78% connection
A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Fly
verb · 78% connection
The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
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: direction, length.
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: direction, length.
L
noun · 78% connection
An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes les…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Length
adjective · 78% connection
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Link
noun · 78% connection
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
Long
superl. · 78% connection
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, length.
