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  2. Length - Wikipedia

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    Length is commonly understood to mean the most extended dimension of a fixed object. [1] However, this is not always the case and may depend on the position the object is in. Various terms for the length of a fixed object are used, and these include height, which is vertical length or vertical extent, width, breadth, and depth.

  3. Ship measurements - Wikipedia

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    Used mainly to determine the minimum water depth for safe passage of a vessel and to calculate the vessel's displacement (obtained from ship's stability tables) so as to determine the mass of cargo on board. Draft, Air – Air Draft/Draught is the distance from the water line to the highest point on a ship (including antennas) while it is ...

  4. Self-disclosure - Wikipedia

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    Social penetration theory posits that there are two dimensions to self-disclosure: breadth and depth. Both are crucial in developing a fully intimate relationship. The range of topics discussed by two individuals is the breadth of disclosure. The degree to which the information revealed is private or personal is the depth of that disclosure.

  5. Hull (watercraft) - Wikipedia

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    Beam or breadth (B) is the width of the hull. (ex: BWL is the maximum beam at the waterline) Draft (d) or (T) is the vertical distance from the bottom of the keel to the waterline. Freeboard (FB) is depth plus the height of the keel structure minus draft.

  6. Social penetration theory - Wikipedia

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    Both depth and breadth are related to the onion model. As the wedge penetrates the layers of the onion, the degree of intimacy and the range of areas in an individual's life that an individual chooses to share increases. The breadth of penetration is the range of areas in an individual's life being disclosed, or the range of topics discussed.

  7. Big Data: A Problem of Breadth, Not Depth? - AOL

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    The Motley Fool talks with Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith, one of Forbes' "Most Promising CEOs Under 35." Ryan's online data collection and analysis platform has enjoyed meteoric growth and success in ...

  8. Quantity - Wikipedia

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    Setting the units of measurement, physics covers such fundamental quantities as space (length, breadth, and depth) and time, mass and force, temperature, energy, and quanta. A distinction has also been made between intensive quantity and extensive quantity as two types of quantitative property, state or relation.

  9. Apple Lesson of the Day: Product Depth vs. Breadth - AOL

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    Fun facts aside, one of the most important strategies that Steve Jobs implemented upon his return was to quickly slim down Apple's product offerings by focusing on depth instead of breadth, which ...