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A '''stœcheiotic year''' is a [[year]] the length of which is defined by the [[period]] of some [[enchantment]] that changes

...[[unit]] of [[length]] in the [[metric system]], and the standard unit of length used in articles in the Wongery. The use of the meter to describe the leng ...y, but not identically, however; he defined his ''metro cattolico'' as the length of a pendulum with a period of two seconds (not taking into account, as Wil

.... The year is divided into sixteen periods called [[mester]]s, varying in length but averaging twenty-five days. During each mester, the world and its cont ...s deviate. The full sequence of mesters in the cubic calendar, with their length in days (according to the most common reckoning), is as follows:

...ace|two-dimensional]] [[manifold]] (a [[surface]]), corresponding to the [[length]] in [[linespace|one dimension]], to [[volume]] in [[realmspace|three dimen ...case of both formulae, the area of a [[square (geometry)|square]] of side length ''s'' is <math>s^2</math>. The area of a [[triangle]] is generally given a

...six arms, evenly spaced sixty degrees apart. Opposite arms have the same length, but each pair of arms is of different lengths. The arms usually have rect

...arm requires a period of recharging before it can be activated again. The length of this quiescent period varies by charm, but typically ranges somewhere be

...s may grow as large as four [[meters]] in length and girth, the [[median]] length is about 1.6 meters, and world crystals have been found as short as thirty ...almost always runs parallel to the crystal's axis&mdash;that is, along the length of the prism, from one pyramidal cap to the other&mdash;and most (though no

...rter than [[Earth]]'s&mdash;while its three [[moon (Ea)|moon]]s define the length of the [[year]], the new year supposed to commence when all three moons are ...rtificial units. The Aeolan day is divided into twenty [[hour]]s of equal length, while the year is divided into sixteen [[month (Aeol)|month]]s. The latte

...is makes it rather a haphazard hash, its thirteen months varying widely in length from eight days to thirty-five. Days are numbered from the end of the mont

...se]] for all the worlds to use the same definition of a year, though the ''length'' of a year on different worlds may vary, and there may be some unusual wor ...re are multiple cycles on a world that are nearly but not exactly the same length. In that case, there may be multiple definitions of the year, close enough

...surement error.) The height of the Clarke chamber is about 2.94 times the length of the smaller side; thus far, no one has been able to find any special rea

...s. This is often a moot matter, however, as hands who have served for any length of time, particularly during sensitive matters, are never simply granted th ...t with those whose lives they had impacted, the more he despised them. At length, when he had the resources to do so, he began to pursue his early interests

The usual costume Vahado wears includes a knee-length tunic and sturdy leather straps wrapped around his feet in lieu of shoes.

...multiple long, narrow, multijointed limbs and appendages; compared to the length of these appendages, the [[organism]]'s main body is relatively small. Mos

...as if they were immaterial), and nothing underneath it but a pair of knee-length shorts.

An adult damacolot can reach up to six [[meter]]s in length, and almost a [[kilogram|metric ton]] in [[mass]].

...s in the tropics, hot and sunny. The [[Veiled Mountains]] run most of the length of Drithidiach a bit west of the center, reaching in parts amazing heights.

...the leg&mdash;that is, the human's upper and lower legs are about equal in length. The same is true of the elbow and the arms. The human has two mammary gl ...ilar to the estrous cycle of other mammals, and averaging about 28 days in length, but while they are more fertile during a certain window in their cycle, th

The length of time that a Condescent member spends among the earth people varies widel

...as legs and, when necessary, as arms. The tentacles are not all the same length; every other tentacle is slightly longer than the ones between. At the top