English Dictionary

length

/lɛŋ(k)θ/

noun

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. / Duration. / (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

The length of the river is 500 kilometers.

意味（1）

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

意味（2）

Duration.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

意味（3）

(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

意味（4）

(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

意味（5）

(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

意味（6）

(figuratively) Total extent.

the length of a book

意味（7）

Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

a length of rope

意味（8）

(theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.

[…] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]

意味（9）

(bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.

An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.