LINEAR UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

• LINEAR UNIT (noun)
  The noun LINEAR UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of measurement of length

  Familiarity information: LINEAR UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

• LINEAR UNIT (noun)

Meaning:

A unit of measurement of length

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("linear unit" is a kind of...):

linear measure; long measure (a measure of length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "linear unit"):

cicero (a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em)

mesh (the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles)

link (a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain)

li (Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers)

lea (a unit of length of thread or yarn)

head (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head)

handbreadth; handsbreadth (any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand)

body length (the length of your body)

fistmele (about 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))

digit; finger; finger's breadth; fingerbreadth (the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure)

mil (a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire))

mile; Swedish mile (a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km)

mile; Roman mile (an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards)

en; nut (half the width of an em)

em; pica; pica em (a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing)

point (a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch)

fathom; fthm (a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth)

span (a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches))

palm (a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand)

military pace (the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time))

geometric pace (a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet)

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)

cubit (an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm)

chain (a unit of length)

furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)

perch; pole; rod (a linear measure of 16.5 feet)

yarder ((used only in combinations) the height of length of something in yards)

pace; yard (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)

footer ((used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet)

foot; ft (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard)

in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

land mile; mi; mile; stat mi; statute mile (a unit of length equal to 1760 yards)

miler ((used only in combinations) the length of something in miles)

880 yards; half mile (a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile)

cable; cable length; cable's length (a nautical unit of depth)

verst (a Russian unit of length (1.067 km))

vara (a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities)

coss; kos (an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities)

archine (a Russian unit of length (71 cm))

nail (a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard)

ligne (a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons)

league (an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles))

440 yards; quarter mile (a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile)

astronomy unit (a linear unit used for astronomical distances)