Definition of linear measure Linear measure
lin•e•ar meas•ure
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What does linear measure mean?
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| linear measure - a unit of measurement of length | ||
| linear unit | ||
| unit of measurement, unit any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" | ||
| long measure a measure of length | ||
| astronomy unit a linear unit used for astronomical distances | ||
| metric linear unit a linear unit of distance in metric terms | ||
| nautical linear unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation | ||
| inch, in a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot | ||
| ft, foot travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" | ||
| footer (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer"; "the golfer sank a 40-footer"; "his yacht is a 60-footer" | ||
| pace, yard a step in walking or running | ||
| yarder a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road | ||
| rod, perch, pole any rod-shaped bacterium | ||
| furlong | ||
| international mile, land mile, stat mi, statute mile, mi, mile the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization | ||
| miler a runner in a one-mile race | ||
| 880 yards, half mile a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile | ||
| 440 yards, quarter mile a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile | ||
| league an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | ||
| ligne a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons | ||
| nail a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | ||
| archine a Russian unit of length (71 cm) | ||
| coss, kos (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities | ||
| vara a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities | ||
| verst a Russian unit of length (1.067 km) | ||
| cable's length, cable length, cable a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire | ||
| chain a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | ||
| cubit an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm | ||
| finger's breadth, fingerbreadth, digit, finger a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates | ||
| fistmele about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | ||
| body length the length of your body | ||
| handbreadth, handsbreadth any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | ||
| head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | ||
| lea a unit of length of thread or yarn | ||
| li Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers | ||
| link a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" | ||
| mesh the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" | ||
| mil an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution | ||
| swedish mile, mil, mile an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution | ||
| roman mile, mile a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile" | ||
| roman pace an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground | ||
| geometric pace a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet | ||
| military pace the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time) | ||
| palm the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers | ||
| span the distance or interval between two points | ||
| survey mile a U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches as the conversion for one meter | ||
| fathom, fthm (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore | ||
| point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| pica em, em, pica a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | ||
| en, nut half the width of an em | ||
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