Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement...

Arc length is the distance between two points along a section of a curve. Determining the length of an irregular arc segment by approximating the arc segment...

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...

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...

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...

Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in...

In physics, the attenuation length or absorption length is the distance λ into a material when the probability has dropped to 1/e that a particle has...

and electrolytes, the Debye length λ D {\displaystyle \lambda _{\rm {D}}} (Debye radius or Debye–Hückel screening length), is a measure of a charge carrier's...

In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line...

Look up path length in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Path length can refer to: Distance, the total distance an object travels dependent on its path...