单词 | linear measure |
释义 | linear measure (once / 281413 pages) n WORD FAMILY linear measure: linear measures USAGE EXAMPLESThe transverse velocities are formed by using the measured parallaxes to transform proper motions into linear measures. Todd, David Peck, Astronomy: The Science of the Heave...(2012) Squint angle and linear measure of the deviation. Schweigger, C., Schweigger on Squint—A Monograph by...(2011) On the outside of the enclosure are scales of linear measure up to one yard, and a large clock. Janes, Don Carlos, A Trip Abroad(2010) n a unit of measurement of length Syn|Hypo|Hyper linear unit long measure a measure of length astronomy unita linear unit used for astronomical distances metric linear unita linear unit of distance in metric terms nautical linear unita linear unit of distance used in navigation in, incha unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot foot, fta linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard footer(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet pace, yarda unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride yarder(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards perch, pole, roda linear measure of 16.5 feet furlonga unit of length equal to 220 yards international mile, land mile, mi, mile, stat mi, statute milea unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters miler(used only in combinations) the length of something in miles 880 yards, half milea unit of length equal to half of 1 mile 440 yards, quarter milea unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile leaguean obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) lignea linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons naila former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard archinea Russian unit of length (71 cm) coss, kos(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities varaa Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities versta Russian unit of length (1.067 km) cable, cable length, cable's lengtha nautical unit of depth chaina unit of length cubitan ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm digit, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadththe length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure fistmeleabout 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) body lengththe length of your body handbreadth, handsbreadthany unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand headthe length or height based on the size of a human or animal head leaa unit of length of thread or yarn liChinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers linka unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain meshthe number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles mila unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) Swedish mile, mil, milea Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km Roman mile, milean ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards Roman pacean 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 geometric pacea modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet military pacethe length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time) palma linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand spana unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) survey milea U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches as the conversion for one meter fathom, fthma linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth pointa linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch em, pica, pica ema linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing en, nuthalf the width of an em ciceroa linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em Gunter's chaina unit of length (22 yards) engineer's chaina unit of length (100 ft) handa unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses light year, light-yearthe distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers light hourthe distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers light minutethe distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers light secondthe distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers AU, Astronomical Unita 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) parsec, secpara 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 femtometer, femtometre, fermia metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter micromicron, picometer, picometrea metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter A, angstrom, angstrom unita metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nma metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter micrometer, microna metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter millimeter, millimetre, mma metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter centimeter, centimetre, cma metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter decimeter, decimetre, dma metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter m, meter, metrethe basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkma metric unit of length equal to ten meters hectometer, hectometre, hma metric unit of length equal to 100 meters kilometer, kilometre, klick, kma metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) mym, myriameter, myriametrea metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters nautical chaina nautical unit of length (15 ft) air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical milea unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical milea former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile mile, sea milea former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) unit, unit of measurement any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
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