longnesses

English

Noun

longnesses

1. plural of longness
   • 1988, Donald W. Katzner, “Theory of Demand: Utility Maximization”, in An Introduction to the Economic Theory of Market Behavior: Microeconomics from a Walrasian Perspective‎^[1], revised edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 49:

     The scale $\sigma$ measures longness in units of length. Its ordinality guarantees that objects with greater longnesses are assigned more unites of length when measured.

   • 2000 March 9, Dr. Axel Bergmann, “Re: Aquilius (?), Latin metre”, in humantities.classics‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Contrarily the iamb's weak element (= the iamb's Senkung) mostly is free in being either 1 or 2 m.u. long, which longnesses may be effected by *v* (1 m.u.), *vv* (2 m.u.), or *-* (2 m.u.)