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The distance between where something starts and where your patience ends.
means The measurement of how long something is from one end to the other, in space or time.
from From Old English 'lengþu,' built on 'lang' (long) plus a noun-forming suffix — the same ancient Germanic root that gives us 'long' itself. It's a straightforward measurement word that's kept its shape for over a thousand years, even as English wore away the endings of most of its kin.
- SI unit
- Measured in metres, defined by the speed of light
- the kilogram, formerly
- Length outlasted mass as a physical artifact standard
- idiom
- going to great lengths means excess effort, not distance
- pool slang
- a length means swimming the full pool, not inches