ArmsLengthManagement Organisations or arm s lengthmanagement organisations ALMOs are UK not for profit company companies set up by a local authority local authorities primarily to manage and improve all or part of their housing stock. Ownership of the housing stock itself normally stays with the local authority. As at July 2008, 70 ALMOs were managing over half of all UK council housing, consisting of more than a million properties ref http www.almos.org.uk guidance2?id 1220 National Federation of ALMOs ALMO Factsheet ref . Ownership ALMOs are owned by local authorities and operate under the terms of a management agreement between the authority and the ALMO. An ALMO is managed by an often unpaid board of directors which includes tenants, local authority nominees, and independent members. At least a third of an ALMO board is normally made up of tenants. TMOs Tenant Management Organisations are in some ways similar to ALMOs, in that they both manage housing stock owned by local authorities. passage inserted to provide some remainder of the merger of the TMO article into this one and a landing place for the TMO and Tenant Mangement Organisation redirects. This passage would seem to be consistent with content on the TALK page. Purpose Establishment of an ALMO separates the day to day housing management role of the landlord, from the wider strategic housing role of the local authority. However, the local authority normally retains ownership of the housing and tenants remain secure tenants of the local authority. Ministers do not give consent to the establishment of a new ALMO without clear evidence that the council has consulted its tenants and leaseholders and can demonstrate a balance of support from them for the ALMO proposal. Unlike a stock transfer to a Housing Association ... say that as a result, the conditions and pay for their staff except the management is much lower ... management. They also stated that 90 of ALMOs which have been inspected achieved a 2 or 3 star rating ... more details
File Marine Management Organisation.png thumb right The logo of the Marine ManagementOrganisation. The Marine ManagementOrganisation MMO is an executive non departmental public body established and given powers under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ref name mcaa http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2009 ukpga 20090023 en 1 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ref . The MMO has incorporated the work of the Marine and Fisheries Agency and acquired several important new roles, principally Marine Spatial Planning marine planning and other marine related powers and specific functions previously associated with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Transport ref name about http www.marinemanagement.org.uk about index.htm About the Marine ManagementOrganisation ref . The MMO began operating on 1 April 2010 ref http www.marinemanagement.org.uk news press 100401.htm Press release Marine ManagementOrganisation formed ref . The Acting Chief Executive Officer is James Cross ref http www.marinemanagement.org.uk about people james cross.htm James Cross biography ref and the Acting Chairman is Derek Langslow ref http www.marinemanagement.org.uk about derek langslow.htm Derek Langslow s biography ref . References reflist External links http www.marinemanagement.org.uk Official website UK gov stub UK home nations law enforcement agencies non police Defra United Kingdom Category Non departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government Category Law enforcement agencies of England and Wales Category Fishing organisations Category Fishing in England Category Fishing in Wales ... more details
A Regional Fisheries ManagementOrganisation RFMO , sometimes called regional fisheries organisation RFO ref http ec.europa.eu fisheries cfp external relations rfos en.htm, Retrieved 2009 10 07. ref , is an international organisation dedicated to the sustainable management of fishery resources in a particular region of international waters , or of highly migratory species. RFMOs may focus on certain species of fish e.g. the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna ref http www.tuna org.org List of the five tuna RFMOs, Retrieved 2009 10 07. ref or have a wider remit related to living marine resources in general within a region e.g. the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources . This wide diversity of mandates and areas of application, and also effective implementation of regulations, opens up opportunities for Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing vessels. References Reflist External links http www.dfo mpo.gc.ca overfishing surpeche dip rfmo eng.htm RFMO on the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans Canada General information and map of RFMOs http www.fish.govt.nz en nz International High Seas Fishing RFMO.htm RFMO on the Ministry of Fischery New Zealand Information, Problems and possible improvements http www.tuna org.org Informal framework for sharing information from tuna RFMOs For information on IATTC Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission http www.iattc.org Category Fisheries organizations ... more details
Tenant Management Organisations TMOs are organisations set up under United Kingdom law which allow residents of council housing or housing association homes in the United Kingdom can take over responsibility of the running of their homes. ref cite web url http www.communities.gov.uk publications housing housingright title The Housing Right to Manage Regulations 1994 Circular publisher Department for Communities and Local Government accessdate 16 March 2011 ref . Structure & operation A TMO is created when residents in a defined area of council or housing association homes create a body separate legal identity and, typically, elect a management committee to run the body. This body then enters into a formal legal contract with the landlord of the home, known as the management agreement. ref cite web url http www.nftmo.com tmo.html title What is a TMO? publisher National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations accessdate 16 March 2011 ref The Management Agreement will detail precisely which services are mangaged by the TMO on behalf of the landlord. The extent of the devolution in service can vary enormously, particularly between small and large TMOs, but may typically include day to day repairs, allocations and lettings, tenancy management, cleaning and caretaking, and rent collection. The TMO can take a number of legal forms. Registered TMOs may be a co operative , or set up under corporate law Examples of Tenant Management Organisations in England Kensington and Chelsea TMO Leathermarket JMB Bloomsbury EMB External links http www.nftmo.org National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations http www.communities.gov.uk publications housing tmostatutoryguidance UK Government guidance on the Right to Manage References reflist Category Public housing in the United Kingdom Category Tenant Management Organisations in England ... more details
See also wikisource 2007 Thailand Greenhouse Gas ManagementOrganisation Establishment Decree http ...Orphan date February 2009 image TGO Logo.jpg thumb 200px right TGO Logo Thailand Greenhouse Gas ManagementOrganisation Public Organisation Thai language th Royal Thai General System of Transcription RTGS Ong Kan Borihan Chat Kan Kat Ruean Krachok Ong Kan Mahachon or TGO Thai language th . Royal Thai General System of Transcription RTGS O Bo Ko. is a Thai Public organization public organisation established by the Decree Royal Decree on Establishment of Thailand Greenhouse Gas ManagementOrganisation Public Organisation BE 2550 2007 having chief duties and powers in connection with the greenhouse gas emission in Thailand . ref About TGO. n.d. . Online . Available http www.tgo.or.th english index.php?option com content&task view&id 5&Itemid 6 http www.tgo.or.th english index.php?option com content&task view&id 5&Itemid 6 . Accessed 19 June 2008 . ref The aforesaid Royal Decree entered into force as of 7 July 2007. ref http opdc.go.th english opdc th1 pdf TGO.pdf . . . , . , , . . ref History Empty section date June 2010 Objectives of Establishment Section 7 of the on Establishment of Thailand Greenhouse Gas ManagementOrganisation Public Organisation BE 2550 2007 prescribed the objectives in establishing the Organisation as follows 1 to analyse, scrutinise and collect views and opinions in relation to the approval of projects, as well as to pursue and appraise the authorised projects 2 to further the project advancement and the market of greenhouse gas quantity trading as approved 3 to be an information centre for circumstances on greenhouse gas operations 4 to make an information base about the authorised ... 6 to disseminate and do public relations campaign on the greenhouse gas management 7 to further and support ... more details
Saint Lucia s National Emergency ManagementOrganisation NEMO is responsible for disaster preparedness and disaster response co ordination. History Disaster Management, though called by numerous names ... Response Agency CDERA Disaster Management in Saint Lucia is conducted on a voluntary basis and during ... Management Act No. 30 of 2006 http www.stlucia.gov.lc docs DisasterManagementAct.pdf Replaced Disaster Preparedness and Response Act of 2000. Mission statement The role of the National Emergency ManagementOrganisation NEMO is to develop, test and implement adequate measures to protect the population ... hazard management plans. They are inter alia STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES SOPs 1. SOPs General Approved ... POLICIES & GUIDELINES 1. A Policy Framework on Disaster Management 2. Donations and Importation of Relief Supplies Policy Part 1 approved 1149 96 3. Emergency Shelter Management Policy Approved 1149 .... National Policy on Ambulance Operations 11. National Incident Management System NIMS Policy COMMITTEE ... Plan 6. Relief Distribution Plan 7. Shelter Management Program 8. National Plan for Transportation in Disasters 9. Welfare Emergency Management Support Plan 10. Stress Response Team Plan 11. Emergency ... Industry Crisis Management Plan 14. Model Plan for the District Disaster Committees HAZARD SPECIFIC ... Plan 5. Oil Spill Contingency Plan 6. Strategy on the Management of Used Oil 7. Hazardous Materials ... 8. Seaports Contingency Plan 9. Guidelines for Debris Management in a Disaster 10. Ministries of External Affairs Guidelines in case of Disasters 11. National Incident Management System NIMS Plan AGREEMENTS ... & Response Act 13 2000 PAHO on NEMO In praise of Disaster Management in Saint Lucia, the PAHO Pan American Health Organisation PAHO has stated the following on its website. National Disaster Management is very active and well developed. Saint Lucia has achieved Disaster Management capabilities ... and updated thanks to the National Emergency Management Office Saint Lucia http www.disaster ... more details
unreferenced date February 2009 For the measurement of a ship s lengthlength overall The overall length of an ammunition Cartridge firearms cartridge is a measurement from the base of the brass Shell projectile shell Casing ammunition casing to the tip of the bullet , seated into the brass casing. Handloaded cartridges and commercially available cartridges for firearm s are normally created with a maximum length standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute SAAMI . A cartridge s overall length may be shorter than the maximum standard, equal to the standard, or sometimes even longer. The maximum overall length is dictated by the need to fit into a box magazine of standard manufacture. For example, the .223 Remington cartridge, when loaded for use in the AR 15 rifle or the military s M16 rifle M 16 rifle , has to fit into the removable box magazine for that rifle. This dictates that the cartridge s maximum overall length be no greater than 2.260 . However, for competition purposes during off hand and slow fire prone match stages, the .223 Remington is loaded one cartridge at a time into the rifle s receiver. This allows for the cartridge to be longer than the standardized 2.260 SAAMI maximum overall length. These cartridges can be safely loaded to a length that has the ogive portion of the bullet just touching the rifle s lands. Many competitive shooters will make these cartridges 0.005 less than the truly maximum allowable overall length, for the sake of safety. It is desirable for these single loaded cartridges to have as little bullet jump as possible before the bullet s ogive begins to be engraved by the rifle s lands. This minimized bullet jump increases the accuracy of the rifle, all else being equal. This practice of long loading a cartridge must be adjusted for each individual rifle , since there are variations from rifle to rifle as to how far down the barrel firearms barrel the rifling begins. firearms stub Category Ballistics fr Olympic ... more details
wiktionarypar LengthLength in its basic meaning is the long dimension of an object. Length may also refer to Length phonetics , in phonetics Vowel length Geminate consonant Arc lengthLength of a module , in abstract algebra Length of a polynomial Vector field length in vector calculus Line and length in cricket Horse length in equestrianism Nautical term Length overall disambig als L nge az Uzunluq d qiql dirm be x old ca Longitud desambiguaci de L nge es Longitud desambiguaci n nl Lengte nds L ng pl D ugo sv L ngd olika betydelser ... more details
disambig Length scale , or scale length a significant concept in physics used to define the order of magnitude of a system Scale height , or scale length a specific parameter in physics denoting the distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e Scale string instruments a measurement of the length of a musical instrument string ... more details
orphan date December 2009 Scantling Length is a distance slightly less than the waterline length of a ship, and generally less than the overall length of a ship. In the American Bureau of Shipping ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels, it is defined as the distance on the Waterline summer load line from the fore side of the stem to the centerline of the rudder stock. Scantling length need not be less than 96 , nor more than 97 of the length of the summer load line. Most other Classification society classification societies use a similar definition of scantling length to define the general length of a ship . The scantling length is used by classification society classification societies for all calculations where the waterline length, overall length, displacement fluid displacement length, etc is called for. Naval architects wishing to comply with class rules would also use the scantling length. References http www.eagle.org absdownloads downloads senddownload.cfm?id 443 ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels, Part 3, Hull Construction and Equipment, Rule 3.1.1 3.1, 2007. Category Naval architecture ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Kuhn length is a theoretical treatment, developed by Werner Kuhn , of a real polymer chain divided into math N math Kuhn segments with Kuhn length math b math , so that each Kuhn segments can be thought of as if they are freely jointed with each other. The contour length is math L Nb math . The construction is useful in that it allows complicated polymers to be simply modeled as either a random walk or a self avoiding walk . For worm like chain semiflexible chain , Kuhn length equals two times the persistence length . DEFAULTSORT Kuhn Length Category Polymer chemistry Category Polymer physics Polymer stub de Kuhn L nge ... more details
In abstract algebra , the length of a module mathematics module is a measure of the module s size . It is defined to be the length of the longest chain of submodule s and is a generalization of the concept of dimension linear algebra dimension for vector space s. Modules with finite length share many important properties with finite dimensional vector spaces. Other concepts used to count in ring and module ... to define. There are also various ideas of dimension that are useful. Finite length commutative ... math N 0 subsetneq N 1 subsetneq cdots subsetneq N n math we say that n is the length of the chain. The length of M is defined to be the largest length of any of its chains. If no such largest length exists, we say that M has infinite length. A ring R is said to have finite length as a ring if it has finite length as left R module. Examples The zero module is the only one with length 0. Modules with length 1 are precisely the simple module s. For every finite dimensional vector space viewed as a module over the base field mathematics field , the length and the dimension coincide. The length ... M has finite length if and only if it is both Artinian module Artinian and Noetherian module Noetherian . If M has finite length and N is a submodule of M , then N has finite length as well, and we have length N length M . Furthermore, if N is a proper submodule of M i.e. if it is unequal to M , then length N length M . If the modules M sub 1 sub and M sub 2 sub have finite length, then so does their direct sum of modules direct sum , and the length of the direct sum equals the sum of the lengths ... sequence of R modules. Then M has finite length if and only if L and N have finite length, and we have length M length L length N . This statement implies the two previous ones. A composition series ... such that math N i 1 N i mbox is simple for i 0, dots,n 1 math Every finite length module M has a composition series, and the length of every such composition series is equal to the length of M . References ... more details
Contour length is a term used in molecular physics . The contour length of a polymer chain a big molecule consisting of many similar smaller molecules is its length at maximum physically possible Extension metaphysics extension . ref http iupac.org goldbook C01308.pdf Contour length in polymers http www.iupac.org publications compendium index.html IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology , 2nd Edition, 1997 ref References small references small Category Polymer physics ... more details
Context date September 2010 A characteristic length is an important dimension that defines the scale of a physical system. Often such a length is used as an input to a formula in order to predict some characteristics of the system. Examples Reynolds number Biot number External links http www.answers.com topic characteristic length Definition physics stub DEFAULTSORT Characteristic Length Category Physical constants de Charakteristische L nge nl Hydraulische diameter pt Comprimento caracter stico ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In physics , length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order or a few orders of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales cannot affect each other and are said to decouple. The decoupling of different length scales makes it possible to have a self consistent theory that only describes the relevant length scales for a given problem. Scientific reductionism says that the physical laws on the shortest length scales can be used to derive the effective description at larger length scales. The idea that one can derive descriptions of physics at different length scales from one another can be quantified with the renormalization group . In quantum mechanics the length scale of a given phenomenon is related to its de Broglie wavelength ... that is being probed. In relativistic mechanics time and length scales are related by the speed of light . In relativistic quantum mechanics or relativistic quantum field theory , length scales .... Often in high energy physics natural units are used where length, time, energy and momentum scales are described in the same units usually with units of energy such as GeV . Length scales are usually ... units of length squared and is measured in barn unit barn s. The cross section of a given process is usually the square of the length scale. Examples The atomic length scale is math ell a sim 10 10 ... ell a sim 1 alpha m e math . The length scale for the strong interaction s or the one derived from ... are roughly comparable. This length scale is determined by the range of the Yukawa potential . The lifetimes of strongly interacting particles, such as the rho meson , are given by this length scale ... are several times the associated energy scale 500 MeV to 3000 MeV . The electroweak length scale is shorter ... which is roughly 100 GeV. This length scale would be the distance where a Yukawa force is mediated ... more details
In telecommunications , electrical length is the length of a transmission medium or antenna electronics antenna element expressed as the number of wavelength s of the Signalling telecommunication signal propagating in the medium. Electromagnetic waves propagate more slowly in a medium than in free space, so a wave in a medium will have a larger number of waves than a wave of the same frequency propagating over the same distance in free space. Alternatively put, the distance covered in free space by the same number of waves as are in the transmission medium will be greater, hence the transmission medium is said to have an electrical length greater than its physical length. The electrical length is most commonly expressed in units of the wavelength, , which is related to the velocity of wave propagation propagation , v and frequency, f by math lambda frac v f math A length may be stated as 2 or 3 or 0.5 etc. It is also sometimes expressed in radian s or degree angle degrees . A length of can be converted to radians by math theta 2 pi nu , math In both coaxial cable s and optical fibers, the velocity of wave propagation is approximately two thirds that of free space . Consequently, the wavelength will be approximately two thirds that in free space, and the electrical length approximately 1.5 times the physical length. In conducting cables, distributed electrical resistance resistances , capacitance s and inductance s impede the propagation of the signal. In an optical ..., affect the velocity of propagation of the signal. The electrical length of an antenna element is in general different from the physical length. This is especially true of elements on a printed board which will be affected by the dielectric medium on which they are printed. The electrical length ... lengthening artificially lengthen the electrical length. Elements can also be electrical ... Length Category Telecommunications de Elektrische L nge es Longitud el ctrica it Lunghezza elettrica ... more details
The persistence length is a basic mechanical property quantifying the stiffness of a long polymer . Informally, for pieces of the polymer that are shorter than the persistence length, the molecule behaves rather like a flexible elastic rod, while for pieces of the polymer that are much longer than the persistence length, the properties can only be described statistically, like a three dimensional random walk. Formally, the persistence length, P , is defined as the length over which correlations in the direction of the tangent are lost. In a more chemical based manner it can also be defined as the average sum of the projections of all bonds j i on bond i in an indefinitely long chain ref http openlibrary.org b OL5613440M Statistical mechanics of chain molecules Statistical Mechanics of Chain Molecules Paul J. Flory ref . Let us define the angle &theta between a vector that is tangent to the polymer at position 0 zero and a tangent vector at a distance L away from position 0. It can be shown that the expectation value of the cosine of the angle falls off exponentially with distance, math langle cos theta rangle e L P , math where P is the persistence length and the angled brackets denote the average over all starting positions. A piece of cooked spaghetti has a persistence length on the order of 1.5 cm ref http www.cs.duke.edu courses cps296.4 spring04 papers Seeman99.pdf DNA engineering and its application to nanotechnology Nadrian C. Seeman ref . Double helical DNA has a persistence length of about 50 nanometer s. In polymer science, persistence length is one half of the Kuhn length , the length of hypothetical segments that the chain can be considered as freely joined. The persistence length equals the average projection of the end to end vector on the tangent to the chain contour at a chain end in the limit of infinite chain length. ref http www.iupac.org goldbook ... Polymer Worm like chain Freely Jointed Chain Kuhn length Paul Flory References div class references ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Length of stay LOS is a term commonly used to measure the duration of a single episode of hospitalization. Inpatient days are calculated by subtracting day of admission from day of discharge . However, persons entering and leaving a hospital on the same day have a length of stay of one. See hospital Terminology hospital . A popular statistic associated with length of stay is the average length of stay ALOS , calculated by dividing the sum of inpatient days by the number of patients admitted with the same Diagnosis related group DRG classification. A variation in the calculation of ALOS could be consider only length of stay during the period under analisis. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare United States Payment for services prospective payment system for reimbursing hospital care promotes shorter LOS by paying the same amount for procedures, regardless of days spent in the hospital. DEFAULTSORT Length Of Stay Category Medical terms Med stub de Verweildauer ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date April 2007 Short of a length sometimes referred to as back of a length or short of a good length is a term used in the sport of cricket . It describes a delivery from the Bowler cricket bowler that pitches short of the optimum length. Length in cricket defines where the ball pitches on the wicket ref http content www.cricinfo.com ci content story 239756.html ref . A good length ball is one that pitches at a distance that makes it difficult for the batsman to ascertain whether to play the ball on the front foot or back foot. A bouncer is a ball that passes the batsman above chest height. A short of a length delivery is one that pitches in the area between the bouncer and good length balls. This delivery can be dangerous for a batsman as it can bounce higher into the midriff. Also, the delivery can be extremely useful to a seam bowling seam bowler . Good exponents include Stephen Harmison and Glenn McGrath . References Reflist See also http en.wikipedia.org wiki List of cricket terms Category Cricket captaincy and tactics Category Cricket deliveries Category Cricket terminology cricket term stub ... more details
Reciprocal length or inverse length is a measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics . As the reciprocal of length , common units used for this measurement include the reciprocal metre or inverse metre m sup &minus 1 sup , the reciprocal centimetre or inverse centimetre cm sup &minus 1 sup , and, in optics , the dioptre . Quantities measured in reciprocal length include absorption coefficient or attenuation coefficient , in materials science curvature of a curve line , in mathematics gain , in laser physics magnitude vector magnitude of vector mathematics and physics vector s in reciprocal space , in crystallography more generally any spatial frequency e.g. in cycles per unit length optical power of a lens optics lens , in optics rotational constant of a rigid rotor , in quantum mechanics wavenumber , or magnitude of a wavevector , in spectroscopy Further reading Cite paper title A two parameter perturbation series for the reciprocal length of polymer chains and subchains lastname Barrett firstname A. J. journal Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General volume 16 number 10 date 11 July 1983 url http iopscience.iop.org 0305 4470 16 10 027?ejredirect migration DEFAULTSORT Reciprocal Length Category Length Category Physical quantities pt Comprimento rec proco uk ... more details
Image LOA LWL.svg thumb right 300px LOA Length Overall & LWL Waterline Length Image Ship length measurements.png thumb right 300px Detailed hull dimensions The Waterline length originally Load Waterline Length , abbreviated to LWL is a measurement of ship s and boat s. The term denotes the length of the vessel at the point where it sits in the water. It excludes the total length of the boat, such as features that are out of the water. Most boats rise outwards at the Bow ship bow and stern , so a boat may be quite a bit longer than its waterline length. In a ship with such raked stems, naturally the waterline length changes as the draft hull draft of the ship changes, therefore it is measured from a defined loaded condition. Length at the waterline is often abbreviated as lwl , w l , w.l. or wl . This measure is essential in determining a lot of properties of a vessel, such as how much water it displaces, where the bow and stern waves are, hull speed , amount of bottom paint needed, etc. References cite book last Hayler first William B. coauthors Keever, John M. title American Merchant Seaman s Manual year 2003 publisher Cornell Maritime Pr isbn 0 87033 549 9 cite book last Turpin first Edward A. authorlink coauthors McEwen, William A. title Merchant Marine Officers Handbook url edition 4th series date year 1980 month publisher Cornell Maritime Press location Centreville, MD isbn 0 87038 056 X pages chapter chapterurl See also Length overall Ship measurements Category Nautical terms Category Ship construction naval stub fr Longueur de flottaison is Vatnsl na nl Waterlijn no Lengde ved vannlinje sv Konstruktionsvattenlinje ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In chemistry , the path length is defined as the distance that light UV Visible spectrum VIS travels through a sample in an analytical cell. Typically, a sample cell is made of quartz , glass, or a plastic rhombic cuvette with a volume typically ranging from 0.1 mL to 10 mL or larger used in a spectrophotometer . For the purposes of spectrophotometry i.e. when making calculations using the Beer Lambert law the path length is measured in centimeters rather than in meters . In a computer network , the path length is one of many possible router metrics used by a router to help determine the best Routing route among multiple routes to a destination. It consists of the end to end hop count from a source to a destination over the network. More simply, in general computer terminology, it can mean simply the total number of instructions executed from point A to point B in a program Instruction path length . In physics, the path length is defined as the total distance an object travels. Unlike displacement, which is the total distance an object travels from a starting point, path length is the total distance travelled, regardless of where it travelled. DEFAULTSORT Path Length Category Spectroscopy Category Computer networking Category Computing terminology ... more details
orphan date February 2010 unreferenced date August 2009 Expert subject Typography date February 2009 In Typography Line length is the width occupied by a block of typesetting typeset character computer text , measured in inches , Pica typography picas and Point typography points . A block of text or paragraph has a maximum line length that fits a determined design. Line length is determined by typographic parameters based on a formal grid and template with several goals in mind balance and function for fit and readability with a sensitivity to aesthetic style in typography . Typographers adjust line length to aid legibility or copy fit. Text can be flush left and Typographic alignment ragged right , flush right and ragged left , or Justification typesetting justified where all lines are of equal length. In a ragged right setting line lengths vary to create a ragged right edge of lines varying in length. Sometimes this can be visually satisfying. For justified and ragged right settings typographers can adjust line length to avoid unwanted hyphen s, rivers of white space, and orphaned words characters at the end of lines e.g. The , I , He , We . See also Characters per line References reflist Category Typography Category Typesetting typography stub ... more details
Feature length is film motion picture terminology referring to the length of a feature film . Five reel Motion picture terminology reel features became common practice in the film industry industry in 1915. During the silent film silent era a one reel short film short ran for an average of 10 minutes, and a two reeler usually a comedy for 20 minutes, thus a feature was around 50 minutes or more. According to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , a feature length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes to be eligible for an Academy Award . ref name oscars.org cite web url http www.oscars.org press pressreleases 2008 08.12.29.html title 281 Feature Films in Competitian for 2008 Oscar accessdate 2010 09 22 work Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences publisher date ref The term may also be applied to non feature films with the minimum length, such as television movies and direct to video releases. Feature length can also be used to describe an episode of a TV series that has been extended to the length of a feature film. Such feature length episodes are usually television pilot series pilots , television special holiday specials or season finale s. See also List of motion picture terminology Short film References reflist Category Film and video terminology film term stub ... more details
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