Breadth vs. Length

Breadth and Length Definitions
Breadth
The measure or dimension from side to side; width.
Length
The state, quality, or fact of being long. See Usage Note at strength.
Breadth
A piece usually produced in a standard width
A breadth of canvas.
Length
The measurement of the extent of something along its greatest dimension
The length of the boat.
Breadth
Wide range or scope
Breadth of knowledge.
Length
A piece, often of a standard size, that is normally measured along its greatest dimension
A length of cloth.
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Breadth
Tolerance; broadmindedness
A jurist of great breadth and wisdom.
Length
A measure used as a unit to estimate distances
Won the race by a length.
Breadth
An effect of unified, encompassing vision in an artistic composition.
Length
Extent or distance from beginning to end
The length of a novel.
The length of a journey.
Breadth
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
Length
The amount of time between specified moments; the duration
The length of a meeting.
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Breadth
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Length
Often lengths Extent or degree to which an action or policy is carried
Went to great lengths to prove his point.
Breadth
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
Expand one's breadth of marketing
Length
The duration of a vowel.
Breadth
(arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
Length
The duration of a syllable.
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Breadth
(graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
Length
The vertical extent of a garment. Often used in combination
Knee-length.
Floor-length.
Breadth
Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters.
Length
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Breadth
An ability to understand a broad range of topics;
A teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
Length
Duration.
Breadth
The extent of something from side to side
Length
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Length
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Length
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
Length
(figuratively) Total extent.
The length of a book
Length
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
A length of rope
Length
(theatre) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
Length
(bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
Length
(obsolete) To lengthen.
Length
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
Length
A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.
Large lengths of seas and shores.
The future but a length behind the past.
Length
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
Length
A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
Length
Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your blissWith length of days, and every day like this.
Length
Distance.
He had marched to the length of Exeter.
Length
To lengthen.
Length
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
Length
Continuance in time;
The ceremony was of short duration
He complained about the length of time required
Length
The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
The editor limited the length of my article to 500 words
Length
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
Length
A section of something that is long and narrow;
A length of timber
A length of tubing