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Length is a
measure of distance. In the
International System of Quantities,
length is a
quantity with
dimension distance. In most
systems of measurement...
- have
distinctive length.
Among the
languages that have
distinctive length,
there are only a few that have both
distinctive vowel length and distinctive...
- The
focal length of an
optical system is a
measure of how
strongly the
system converges or
diverges light; it is the
inverse of the system's
optical power...
- Arc
length is the
distance between two
points along a
section of a curve.
Development of a
formulation of arc
length suitable for
applications to mathematics...
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Reciprocal length or
inverse length is a
quantity or
measurement used in
several branches of
science and mathematics,
defined as the
reciprocal of
length. Common...
- Run-
length encoding (RLE) is a form of
lossless data
compression in
which runs of data (consecutive
occurrences of the same data value) are
stored as a...
- A vessel's
length at the
waterline (abbreviated to L.W.L) is the
length of a ship or boat at the
level where it sits in the
water (the waterline). The...
- In physics,
coherence length is the
propagation distance over
which a
coherent wave (e.g. an
electromagnetic wave)
maintains a
specified degree of coherence...
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Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the
maximum length of a vessel's hull
measured parallel to the waterline. This
length is
important while docking...
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Length measurement,
distance measurement, or
range measurement (ranging) all
refer to the many ways in
which length, distance, or
range can be measured...
