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pituus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • height noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • length noun The measurement of something from one end to the other, along its longest side.
  • longitude noun The angular distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees.
  • longitudinal adj Running across a set direction of an object.
  • magnitude noun The size, scale, or importance of something.

Senses

pituus is used for these senses in English:

  • drop (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
  • height The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
  • lead (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
  • length Duration.
  • longitude (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
  • longitudinal Relating to length.
  • magnitude (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.

drop — full definition

  1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
  2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
  3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
  4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

height — full definition

  1. noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
  2. noun The highest or most intense point of something.

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