| has gloss | (noun) a unit of measurement of length
linear measure, linear unit |
| lexicalization | eng: linear measure |
| lexicalization | eng: linear unit |
| subclass of | (noun) 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"
unit of measurement, unit |
| Note: 8 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) a measure of length
long measure |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit of distance used in navigation
nautical linear unit |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
inch, in |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
ft, foot |
| has subclass | (noun) (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"
footer |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
yard, pace |
| has subclass | (noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
yarder |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
pole, rod, perch |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards
furlong |
| has subclass | (noun) (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles; "the race was a 30-miler"
miler |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
half mile, 880 yards |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
440 yards, quarter mile |
| has subclass | (noun) an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
league |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
ligne |
| has subclass | (noun) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
nail |
| has subclass | (noun) a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
archine |
| has subclass | (noun) (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
kos, coss |
| has subclass | (noun) a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
vara |
| has subclass | (noun) a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
verst |
| has subclass | (noun) an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
cubit |
| has subclass | (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
digit, finger's breadth, finger, fingerbreadth |
| has subclass | (noun) 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)
fistmele |
| has subclass | (noun) the length of your body
body length |
| has subclass | (noun) any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
handsbreadth, handbreadth |
| has subclass | (noun) the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
head |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length of thread or yarn
lea |
| has subclass | (noun) Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
li |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
link |
| has subclass | (noun) the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen"; "100 mesh powdered cellulose"
mesh |
| has subclass | (noun) a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
mil, mile, Swedish mile |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Roman pace |
| has subclass | (noun) a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
geometric pace |
| has subclass | (noun) the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
military pace |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
palm |
| has subclass | (noun) a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
span |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
survey mile |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
fathom, fthm |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
point |
| has subclass | (noun) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
pica, em, pica em |
| has subclass | (noun) half the width of an em
nut, en |