linear unit
linear measure

The degree is our unit of linear measure.

The system was based on the Egyptian's linear measure known as the royal cubit.

As a linear measure, used in drainage and hedging, it is equal to 20 feet, i.e. 6.096 m (for the international inch).

Such linear measures had little meaning.

Resolution, which reflects the quality of the camera, is usually stated in linear measure and is unaffected by how much a photograph is enlarged.

Chain (length): a unit of linear measure in the Imperial system.

The graduation can identify linear measures, such as inches or millimetres on a rule.

Just in linear measure, this was one part in 34,680, a rather exacting tolerance.

Neuropsychological outcomes are highly correlated with linear measures of sub-cortical atrophy.

Duration is a linear measure of how the price of a bond changes in response to interest rate changes.