Classes Space Dimensions Linear Dimensions
Linear Dimensions
Nouns
length, longitude, span
mileage
distance etc. Distance . line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius. lengthening etc. v.
prolongation, production, protraction
tension, tensure
extension. [Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league
chain, link
arpent, handbreadth, jornada [U.S.] , kos, vara. [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-year, parsec. [metric units of length] nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km. pedometer, perambulator
scale etc. (measurement) Measurement .
Verbs
be long etc. adj.
stretch out, sprawl
extend to, reach to, stretch to
make a long arm, drag its slow length along." render long etc. adj.
lengthen, extend, elongate
stretch
prolong, produce, protract
let out, draw out, spin out
drawl. enfilade, look along, view in perspective. distend (expand) Expansion .
Adjectives
long, longsome
lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched
lengthened etc. v.
sesquipedalian etc. (words) Ornament
interminable, no end of
macrocolous. linear, lineal
longitudinal, oblong. as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow
unshortened etc. (shorten) etc. Shortness .
Adverbs
lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along
tandem
in a line etc. (continuously) [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity
in perspective. from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe
fore and aft.
Nouns
shortness etc. adj.
brevity
littleness etc. Littleness
a span. shortening etc. v.
abbreviation, abbreviature
abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation
reduction etc. (contraction) Contraction
epitome etc. (compendium) Compendium . elision, ellipsis
conciseness etc. (in style) Conciseness . abridger, epitomist, epitomizer.
Verbs
be short etc. adj.
render short etc. adj.
shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce
compress etc. (contract) Contraction
epitomize etc. Compendium . retrench, cut short, obtruncate
scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew
cut down, pare down
clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop
snub
truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of
foreshorten (in drawing) .
Adjectives
short, brief, curt
compendious, compact
stubby, scrimp
shorn, stubbed
stumpy, thickset, pug
chunky [U.S.] , decurtate
retrousse
stocky
squab, squabby
squat, dumpy
little etc. Littleness
curtailed of its fair proportions
short by
oblate
concise etc. Conciseness
summary.
Adverbs
shortly etc. adj.
in short etc. (concisely) Conciseness .
Nouns
breadth, width, latitude, amplitude
diameter, bore, caliber, radius
superficial extent etc. (space) [Indefinite space.] Space
corpulence etc. (size) Size
dilation etc. (expansion) Expansion .
Verbs
be broad etc. adj.
become broad, render broad etc. adj.
expand etc. Expansion
thicken, widen, calibrate.
Adjectives
broad, wide, ample, extended
discous
fanlike
outspread, outstretched
wide as a church-door" [Romeo and Juliet]
latifoliate, latifolous. thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset
thick as a rope.
Nouns
narrowness etc. adj.
closeness, exility
exiguity etc. (little) Littleness . line
hair's breadth, finger's breadth
strip, streak, vein. monolayer
epitaxial deposition [Eng.] . thinness etc. adj.
tenuity
emaciation, macilency, marcor. shaving, slip etc. (filament) Filament
thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone. middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass
ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass
ravine etc. Interval . narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering
contraction etc. Contraction .
Verbs
be narrow etc. adj.
narrow, taper, contract etc. Contraction
render narrow etc. adj.
waste away.
Adjectives
narrow, close
slender, thin, fine
thread-like etc. (filament) Filament
finespun, gossamer
paper-thin
taper, slim, slight-made
scant, scanty
spare, delicate, incapacious
contracted etc. Contraction
unexpanded etc. (expand) etc. Expansion
slender as a thread. [in reference to people or animals] emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent
lank, lanky
weedy, skinny
scrawny slinky [U.S.]
starved, starveling
herring gutted
worn to a shadow, lean as a rake [Chaucer]
thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer
hatchet-faced
lantern-jawed. attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned. monomolecular.
Nouns
layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment
table, tablet
dess
flagstone
board, plank
trencher, platter. plate
lamina, lamella
sheet, foil
wafer
scale, flake, peel
coat, pellicle
membrane, film
leaf
slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument etc. (covering) Covering
eschar. stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion. monolayer
bilayer
trilayer [Bioch.] .
Verbs
slice, shave, pare, peel
delaminate
plate, coat, veneer
cover etc. Covering .
Adjectives
lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered
laminated, laminiferous
micaceous
schistose, schistous
scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous [Anat.]
foliated, foliaceous
stratified, stratiform
tabular, discoid
spathic, spathose. trilamellar. graphitic.
Nouns
filament, line
fiber, fibril
funicle, vein
hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili
tendril, gossamer
hair stroke
veinlet, venula, venule. wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute. strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving. beard etc. (roughness) Roughness
ramification
strand.
Adjectives
filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform
fibrous, fibrillous
thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy
capillary, capilliform
funicular, wire-drawn
anguilliform
flagelliform
hairy etc. (rough) Roughness
taeniate, taeniform, taenioid
venose, venous.
Nouns
height, altitude, elevation
eminence, pitch
loftiness etc. adj.
sublimity. tallness etc. adj.
stature, procerity
prominence etc. Convexity . colossus etc. (size) Size
giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard. mount, mountain
hill alto, butte [U.S.] , monticle, fell, knap
cape
headland, foreland
promontory
ridge, hog's back, dune
rising ground, vantage ground
down
moor, moorland
Alp
uplands, highlands
heights etc. (summit) Summit
knob, loma, pena [U.S.] , picacho, tump
knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole
steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough
escarpment, edge, ledge, brae
dizzy height. tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola
skyscraper. pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff
top mast, topgallant mast. ceiling etc. (covering) Covering . high water
high tide, flood tide, spring tide. altimetry etc. (angel) Angularity
batophobia. satellite, spy-in-the-sky.
Verbs
be high etc. adj.
tower, soar, command
hover, hover over, fly over
orbit, be in orbit
cap, culminate
overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount
perch, surmount
cover etc. Covering
overtop etc. (be superior) [Supremacy.] Superiority
stand on tiptoe. become high etc. adj.
grow higher, grow taller
upgrow
rise etc. (ascend) [Motion upwards] Ascent
send into orbit. render high etc. adj.
heighten etc. (elevate) Elevation .
Adjectives
high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall
gigantic etc. (big) Size
Patagonian
towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens)
elevated etc. Elevation
upper
highest etc. (topmost) Summit
high reaching, insessorial, perching. upland, moorland
hilly, knobby [U.S.]
mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing
cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching
aerial. overhanging etc. v.
incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed
prominent etc. v. Convexity . tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky etc. (thin) Narrowness. Thinness .
Adverbs
on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead
airwind
upstairs, abovestairs
in the clouds
on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of
over head and ears
breast high. over, upwards
from top to bottom etc. (completely) Completeness .
Nouns
lowness etc. adj.
debasement, depression, prostration etc. (horizontal) Horizontality
depression etc. (concave) Concavity . molehill
lowlands
basement floor, ground floor
cellar
hold, bilge
feet, heels. low water
low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide.
Verbs
be low etc. adj.
lie low, lie flat
underlie
crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel
lower etc. (depress) Depression .
Adjectives
low, neap, debased
nether, nether most
flat, level with the ground
lying low etc. v.
crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate etc. (horizontal) Horizontality .
Adverbs
under
beneath, underneath
below
downwards
adown, at the foot of
under foot, under ground
down stairs, below stairs
at a low ebb
below par.
Nouns
depth
deepness etc. adj.
profundity, depression etc. (concavity) Concavity . hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater
gulf etc. Interval
bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell. soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion
plummet, sound, probe
sounding rod, sounding line
lead. bathymetry. [instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar
bathometer.
Verbs
be deep etc. adj.
render deep etc. adj.
deepen. plunge etc. Plunge
sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings
dig etc. (excavate) Concavity .
Adjectives
deep, deep seated
profound, sunk, buried
submerged etc. Plunge
subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene
underground. bottomless, soundless, fathomless
unfathomed, unfathomable
abysmal
deep as a well
bathycolpian
benthal, benthopelagic
downreaching, yawning. knee deep, ankle deep.
Adverbs
beyond one's depth, out of one's depth
over head and ears
mark twine, mark twain.
Nouns
shallowness etc. adj.
shoals
mere scratch.
Adjectives
shallow, slight, superficial
skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep
just enough to wet one's feet
shoal, shoaly.
Nouns
summit, summity
top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point
turn of the tide, fountain head
water shed, water parting
sky, pole. tip, tip top
crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib
end etc. End
crown, brow
head, nob, noddle, pate
capsheaf. high places, heights. topgallant mast, sky scraper
quarter deck, hurricane deck. architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature
tympanum
ceiling etc. (covering) Covering . attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story. [metaphorical use] summit conference, summit
peak of achievement, peak of performance
peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs) .
Adjectives
highest etc. (high) etc. Height
top
top most, upper most
tiptop
culminating etc. v.
meridian, meridional
capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant.
Adverbs
atop, at the top of the tree.
Nouns
base, basement
plinth, dado, wainscot
baseboard, mopboard
bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]
foundation etc. (support) Support
substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck
footing, ground work, basis
hold, bilge. bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root
centerboard.
Adjectives
bottom, undermost, nethermost
fundamental
founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
Nouns
verticality
erectness etc. adj.
perpendicularity etc. Existence 6-parallelism">Parallelism.1
right angle, normal
azimuth circle. wall, precipice, cliff. elevation, erection
square, plumb line, plummet.
Verbs
be vertical etc. adj.
stand up, stand on end, stand erect, stand upright
stick up, cock up. render vertical etc. adj.
set up, stick up, raise up, cock up
erect, rear, raise on its legs.
Adjectives
vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright
rampant
standing up etc. v.
rectangular, orthogonal etc. Existence 6-parallelism">Parallelism.1.
Adverbs
vertically etc. adj.
up, on end
up on end, right on end
endwise
one one's legs
at right angles.
Nouns
horizontality
flatness
level, plane
stratum etc. Layer
dead level, dead flat
level plane. recumbency, lying down etc. v.
reclination, decumbence
decumbency, discumbency
proneness etc. adj.
accubation, supination, resupination, prostration
azimuth. plain, floor, platform, bowling green
cricket ground
croquet ground, croquet lawn
billiard table
terrace, estrade, esplanade, parterre. [flat land area] table land, plateau, ledge
butte
mesa (plain) Plain . [instrument to measure horizontality] level, spirit level.
Verbs
be horizontal etc. adj.
lie, recline, couch
lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate
sprawl, loll, sit down. render horizontal etc. adj.
lay down, lay out
level, flatten
prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.
Adjectives
horizontal, level, even, plane
flat etc. Flatness
flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green
alluvial
calm, calm as a mill pond
smooth, smooth as glass. recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent
lying etc. v.
prone, supine, couchant, jacent, prostrate, recubant.
Adverbs
horizontally etc. adj.
on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.
Nouns
pendency, dependency
suspension, hanging etc. v.
pedicel, pedicle, peduncle
tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum
hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook
fastening etc. [Connecting medium.] Connection
spar, horse.
Verbs
be pendent etc. adj.
hang, depend, swing, dangle
swag
daggle, flap, trail, flow
beetle. suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.
Adjectives
pendent, pendulous
pensile
hanging etc. v.
beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting
dependent
suspended etc. v.
loose, flowing. having a peduncle etc. n.
pedunculate, tailed, caudate.
Nouns
support, ground, foundation, base, basis
terra firma
bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.] , caudex crib
purchase footing, hold
landing place, landing stage
stage, platform
block
rest, resting place
groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention
floor etc. (basement) Base . supporter
aid etc. Aid
prop, stand, anvil, fulciment
cue rest, jigger
monkey
stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage
sleeper
stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger
ratlings. staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle
bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick. post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster
pediment, pedicle
pedestal
plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle
buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment
baluster, banister, stanchion
balustrade
headstone
upright
door post, jamb, door jamb. frame, framework
scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom
rung, round, step, sill
angle rafter, hip rafter
cantilever, modillion
crown post, king post
vertebra. columella, backbone
keystone
axle, axletree
axis
arch, mainstay. trunnion, pivot, rowlock
peg etc. (pendency) Pendency
tiebeam etc. (fastening) [Connecting medium.] Connection
thole pin. board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack
mantel, mantleshelf
slab, console
counter, dresser
flange, corbel
table, trestle
shoulder
perch
horse
easel, desk
clotheshorse, hatrack
retable
teapoy. seat, throne, dais
divan, musnud
chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall
arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair
couch, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench
aparejo, faldstool, horn
long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair
lamba chauki, lamba kursi
saddle, pannel, pillion
side saddle, pack saddle
pommel. bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead
four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang
bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse
pillow, bolster
mat, rug, cushion. footstool, hassock
tabouret
tripod, monopod. Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules.
Verbs
be supported etc.
lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on etc.
have at one's back
bestride, bestraddle. support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder
hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up
uphold, upbear
prop
under prop, under pin, under set
riprap
bandage etc. Junction . give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations
bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed. maintain, keep on foot
aid etc. Aid .
Adjectives
supporting, supported etc. v.
fundamental
dorsigerous.
Nouns
parallelism
coextension
equidistance
similarity etc. Similarity .
Adjectives
parallel
coextensive
equidistant.
Nouns
perpendicularity, orthogonality
verticality, c. Verticality .
Verbs
be perpendicular, be orthogonal
intersect at right angles, be rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at Duplication degrees
have no correlation.
Adjectives
orthogonal, perpendicular
rectangular
uncorrelated.
Nouns
obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.
slopeness
leaning etc. v.
bevel, tilt
bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch
distortion etc. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion
bend etc. (curve) Curvature
tower of Pisa. acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity
gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent
shelving beach
talus
Verbs
intersect
lack parallelism.
Nouns
inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion
contraposition etc. Contraposition
contrariety etc. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety
reversal
turn of the tide. overturn
somersault, somerset
summerset
culbute
revulsion
pirouette. transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis
metathesis
palindrome. pronation and supination [Anat.] .
Verbs
be inverted etc.
turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about
turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over
capsize, turn turtle. invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert
reverse
up turn, over turn, up set, over set
turn topsy turvy etc. adj.
culbuter
transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.
Adjectives
inverted etc. v.
wrong side out, wrong side up
inside out, upside down
bottom upwards, keel upwards
supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy
reverse etc. (contrary) [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety
opposite etc. Contraposition . top heavy.
Adverbs
inversely etc. adj.
hirdy-girdy
heels over head, head over heels.
Nouns
crossing etc. v.
intersection, interdigitation
decussation, transversion
convolution etc. [Complex curvature.] Convolution
level crossing. reticulation, network
inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise. net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace
wicker
mat, matting
plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle
tissue, netting, mokes
rivulation. cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot
entangle etc. (disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc. ] Disorder[woven fabrics] cloth, linen, muslin, cambric etc.
Verbs
cross, decussate
intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink. twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe
anastomose [Med.] , inosculate, dovetail, splice, link
lace, tat. mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill
tangle, entangle, ravel
net, knot
dishevel, raddle.
Adjectives
crossing etc. v.
crossed, matted etc. , v.. transverse. cross, cruciform, crucial
retiform, reticular, reticulated
areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked
textile
crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant
web-footed.
Adverbs
cross, thwart, athwart, transversely
at grade [U.S.]
crosswise.