length

Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement a base unit for length is chosen, from which all other units are derived. In the International System of Units (SI) system, the base unit for length is the metre.

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Length is a measure of how far apart two points are, and it's one of the most fundamental quantities we use to describe the physical world. Different measurement systems use different base units for length—such as the metre in the modern SI system—from which all other length measurements are derived.

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Physical quantity.extensive: yes
Physical quantity.name: Length
Physical quantity.image: Scale kilometres miles.svg
Physical quantity.caption: The metric length of one kilometre is equivalent to the imperial measurement of 0.62137 miles.
Physical quantity.unit: metre (m)
Physical quantity.otherunits: see unit of length
Physical quantity.dimension: \mathsf{L}

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Stack Exchange tag: gis.stackexchange.com/tags/length
Commons category: Length
Commons gallery: Length
quantity symbol (string): L
NCI Thesaurus ID: C25334

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History
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Euclidean geometry
Other geometries
Graph theory
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Computer science
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