#spatial_arrangement__spatialarrangement__spacing the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
supertype: #placement.position__arrangement the spatial property of the way in which something is placed: "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"
subtype: #openness.spatial_arrangement__opennes without obstructions to passage or view: "the openness of the prairies"
subtype: #patency the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
subtype: #distance the property created by the space between two objects or points
subtype: #ways__way the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways"
subtype: #piece.distance a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
subtype: #mean_distance the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
subtype: #farness__farnes__remotenes__farawayness__farawaynes the property of being remote
subtype: #far_cry.farness__farcry distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"
subtype: #nearness__closeness__closenes the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
subtype: #propinquity__proximity the property of being close together
subtype: #adjacency__contiguity__contiguousness the attribute of being so near as to be touching
subtype: #wavelength the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
subtype: #focal_distance__focaldistance__focal_length__focallength the distance from a lens to its focus
subtype: #hyperfocal_distance the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear
subtype: #leap the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
subtype: #span.distance the distance or interval between two points
subtype: #wheelbase the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle
subtype: #interval.distance__separation the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
subtype: #clearance.interval the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
subtype: #divergence degree of spatial separation
subtype: #remove degree of figurative distance or separation: "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"
subtype: #throw.distance the distance that something can be thrown; "it is just a stone's throw from here"
subtype: #yardage distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"
subtype: #yarder something a given number of yards long; "his drive was a 300-yarder"
subtype: #hour.distance distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
subtype: #milage__mileage distance measured in miles
subtype: #elevation distance of something above a reference point
subtype: #isometry equality of elevation above sea level
subtype: #altitude.elevation__height elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
subtype: #level height above ground: "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"
subtype: #lowest_layer_of_clouds__ceiling (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
subtype: #plane_maximum_altitude__planemaximumaltitude__ceiling maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
subtype: #absolute_ceiling the maximum altitude at which an air plane can maintain horizontal flight
subtype: #combat_ceiling__service_ceiling__serviceceiling altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate
subtype: #ground_level__grade the height of the ground on which something stands: "the base of the tower was below grade"
subtype: #water_level the level of the surface of a body of water
subtype: #sea_level__sealevel level of the ocean's surface esp that halfway between mean high and low tide; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth
subtype: #hour_angle the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
subtype: #linear_unit a unit of measurement of length
subtype: #astronomy_unit__astronomyunit a linear unit used for astronomical distances
subtype: #light_year__lightyear the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
subtype: #light_hour__lighthour the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
subtype: #light_minute__lightminute the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers
subtype: #light_second__lightsecond the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers
subtype: #Astronomical_Unit__AU a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
subtype: #parsec__secpar a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
subtype: #metric_linear_unit a linear unit of distance in metric terms
subtype: #femtometer__femtometre__fermi a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
subtype: #picometer__picometre__micromicron a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
subtype: #angstrom_unit__angstrom__A a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
subtype: #nanometer__nanometre__millimicron__micromillimetre a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
subtype: #micron__micrometer a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
subtype: #millimeter__millimetre__mm a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
subtype: #centimeter__centimetre__cm a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
subtype: #decimeter__decimetre__dm a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
subtype: #meter__metre__m the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
subtype: #decameter__dekameter__decametre__dekametre__dam__dkm a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
subtype: #hectometer__hectometre__hm a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
subtype: #kilometer__kilometre__km__klick a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
subtype: #myriameter__myriametre__mym a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
subtype: #nautical_linear_unit a linear unit of distance used in navigation
subtype: #international_nautical_mile__nautical_mile__mile__mi__naut_mi__knot__air_mile__airmile a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
subtype: #nautical_mile__naut_mi__mile__mi__geographical_mile__Admiralty_mile a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
subtype: #sea_mile__seamile__mile a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
subtype: #inch__in a unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot
subtype: #ft__foot a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
subtype: #footer (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer" or "the golfer sank a 40-footer" or "his yacht is a 60-footer"
subtype: #yard__pace a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
subtype: #perch.linear_unit__rod (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
subtype: #furlong a unit of length equal to 220 yards
subtype: #statute_mile__statutemile__mile__stat_mi__land_mile__mi a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
subtype: #half_mile__880_yards__880yard a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
subtype: #quarter_mile__quartermile__440_yards__440yard a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
subtype: #league.linear_unit an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
subtype: #ligne a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
subtype: #nail.linear_unit a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
subtype: #archine a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
subtype: #kos__ko__coss an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities
subtype: #vara a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
subtype: #verst a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
subtype: #cable_length__cablelength__cable__cable's_length__cable'slength a nautical unit of depth
subtype: #chain.linear_unit a unit of length
subtype: #Gunter's_chain a unit of length (22 yards)
subtype: #engineer's_chain a unit of length (100 ft)
subtype: #nautical_chain a nautical unit of length (15 ft)
subtype: #cubit an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
subtype: #fingerbreadth__finger__finger's_breadth__digit the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
subtype: #body_length the length of your body
subtype: #handbreadth__handsbreadth any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
subtype: #hand.handbreadth a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
subtype: #head.linear_unit 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"
subtype: #lea a unit of length of thread or yarn
subtype: #li Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
subtype: #link.linear_unit a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
subtype: #mesh the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen" or "100 mesh powdered cellulose"
subtype: #mil a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
subtype: #Swedish_mile__mile a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
subtype: #Roman_mile__mile an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
subtype: #Roman_pace 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
subtype: #geometric_pace__geometricpace a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
subtype: #military_pace the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
subtype: #palm a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
subtype: #span.linear_unit a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
subtype: #fthm__fathom a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
subtype: #point.linear_unit a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
subtype: #pica_em__em__pica a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
subtype: #en__nut half the width of an em
subtype: #cicero a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
subtype: #length.distance the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"
subtype: #circumference the length of the closed curve of a circle
subtype: #diameter__diam the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
subtype: #bore__caliber__calibre diameter of a tube or gun barrel
subtype: #windage bore-to-projectile difference in diameter
subtype: #radius__r the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
subtype: #semidiameter the apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth
subtype: #radius_of_curvature the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
subtype: #longness.length spatial extent
subtype: #lengthiness__lengthines__prolongation amount or degree or range to which something extends: "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
subtype: #elongation.longness the quality of being elongated
subtype: #shortness__shortnes the property of being of short spatial extent
subtype: #length__distance size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
subtype: #leg.distance (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
subtype: #arm's_length__arm'slength a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
subtype: #light_time__lighttime distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves); "the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately 43 minutes"
subtype: #skip_distance the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
subtype: #wingspan__wingspread linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
subtype: #wingspread distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
subtype: #altitude the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
subtype: #distribution.spatial_arrangement__dispersion the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
subtype: #dissemination__diffusion the property of being diffused or dispersed
subtype: #innervation the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region
subtype: #scatter a haphazard distribution in all directions
subtype: #diffuseness__diffusenes the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
subtype: #denseness__densenes__density__compactness the spatial property of being crowded together
subtype: #bits_per_inch__bpi (computer science) a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
subtype: #flux_density__flux (physics) the number of flux changes per unit area
subtype: #flux_density_unit a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area
subtype: #microgauss a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss
subtype: #gauss__gaus a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
subtype: #tesla a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
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