Definition of Body length

1. Noun. The length of your body.

Generic synonyms: Linear Measure, Linear Unit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Length

body covering
body double
body doubles
body dysmorphic disorder
body fluid
body fluid compartments
body fluids
body forth
body guard
body hair
body hairs
body horror
body image
body language
body languages
body length (current term)
body lice
body lotion
body louse
body mechanics
body modification
body modifications
body odor
body odors
body odour
body odours
body of caudate nucleus
body of clavicle

Literary usage of Body length

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"body length 0.45 mm., width 0.2 mm. Tail length 0.33 mm. by 0.05 to 0.06 mm. ... body length o. 18 mm., width 0.09 mm. Tail 0.14 mm. in length by 0.03 mm. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"... equaling in width the body- length, the border not revolute ; cuticular surface very minutely tubercu- late; contractile vesicle double ; pedicle from ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"Young female, body, length 2.28 mm., width .72 mm.: head, length .5 mm., ... The measurements of the female are: body, length 3.21 mm., width .9 mm.; head, ..."

4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"The heavy black line in each case represents the body length, same magnification ... 13) are 25.5 per cent, of the total body length of the same individual. ..."

5. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"Tail longer than head and body. Length 29-5. Largest of the genus. ... Tail less than length of head and body. Length 20-1. GENUS PTEROMYS. Illiger. ..."

6. Feeding Experiments with Isolated Food-substances by Thomas Burr Osborne, Lafayette Benedict Mendel, Edna Louise Ferry (1911)
"Dr. Hatai further reports as follows: Since it seems to be[the least variable character, I have selected the body- length as the basis for computation. ..."

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