The Longest Thread

<p>length
   [lengkth, length, lenth]
–noun</p>

<ol>
<li><p>the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.</p></li>
<li><p>the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. </p></li>
</ol>

<p>I meant it as a measure of physical distance.</p>