Definition of Lengths

1. Noun. (plural of length) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lengths

1. length [n] - See also: length

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengths

lengthener
lengtheners
lengthening
lengthening reaction
lengthenings
lengthens
lengthful
lengthier
lengthiest
lengthily
lengthiness
lengthinesses
lengthless
lengthly
lengthman
lengths (current term)
lengthscale
lengthscales
lengthsman
lengthways
lengthwise
lengthy
lenience
leniences
leniencies
leniency
lenient
leniently
lenients
lenified

Literary usage of Lengths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Astrophysical Journal by American Astronomical Society, University of Chicago (1905)
"In considering the desirability of revising Rowland's system of wave-lengths, and of changing to Michelson's absolute values, it is well to consider ..."

2. The Sun by Charles Greeley Abbot (1911)
"This change, 1 oO,000 though considerable as wave lengths go, ... Corrections to wave lengths in Rowland's Preliminary Table of Solar-Spectrum Wave lengths. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1872)
"The author, after adverting to the process by which in a former paper he had attempted the computation of the lengths of Waves of Light, for the entire ..."

4. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"Wave-lengths are in Angstrom units (io"7 mm.), in air at 20° С and 76 cm. of mercury pressure. «ie intensities run from i, just clearly visible on the map, ..."

5. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"The Focal lengths f, f' of an Infinitely Thin Lens.— The focal lengths of a thin lens are defined exactly in the same way as the focal lengths of a ..."

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