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length
English
Etymology
From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþu (“longness; length”), from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþ?, equivalent to long +? -th. Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: l?ng(k)th, l?n(t)th, IPA(key): /l??(k)?/, /l?n(t)?/
- Rhymes: -??k?, -???, -?nt?, -?n?
Noun
length (countable and uncountable, plural lengths)
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- Duration.
- 1941, Robert Frost, The Gift Outright
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
- 1941, Robert Frost, The Gift Outright
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- 1890, Henry Austin, Address of Henry Austin Before the Second Nationalist Club (page 38)
- […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]
- 1960, J. L. Hodgkinson, ?Rex Pogson, The Early Manchester Theatre (page 45)
- The boy was engaged to write out parts at a penny a length (42 lines) for Chetwood, who then charged the manager, […]
- 1890, Henry Austin, Address of Henry Austin Before the Second Nationalist Club (page 38)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
length (third-person singular simple present lengths, present participle lengthing, simple past and past participle lengthed)
- (obsolete) To lengthen.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim, XIV. 30:
- Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
- 1552, Richard Huloet, "Ladies of Destinie" in Abecedarium Anglico-Latinum
- Was never man such favour could off atall ladies fynde, To cause them lengthe or shorte the day which they to hym assynde.
- a. 1608, Thomas Sackville, Allegorical Personages described in Hell
- [He] knows full well life doth but length his pain.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim, XIV. 30:
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component
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comp?n?ns, comp?n?ntis, present participle of comp?n? (“assemble, put together”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m?po?n?nt/
Noun
component (plural components)
- A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
Derived terms
- componentless
- per-component
Translations
Adjective
component (not comparable)
- Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
- Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.
Catalan
Verb
component
- present participle of compondre
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns, present participle of comp?n? (“assemble, put together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?m.po??n?nt/
- Hyphenation: com?po?nent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)
- component
Synonyms
- onderdeel
Derived terms
- tweecomponentenlijm
Related terms
- componeren
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: komponen
Latin
Verb
component
- third-person plural future active indicative of compon?
Romanian
Alternative forms
- (component): component?
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin comp?n?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom.po?nent/
Noun
component n (plural componente)
- component
Declension
Noun
component m (plural componen?i, feminine equivalent component?)
- member of a team or other group
Declension
Adjective
component m or n (feminine singular component?, masculine plural componen?i, feminine and neuter plural componente)
- component
Declension
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