VOCABULARY NOUNS TO DESCRIBE DIMENSIONS

VOCABULARY NOUNS TO DESCRIBE DIMENSIONS:
• ANGLE (ANGLES) An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees. ■ The boat is now teaning at a 30 degree angle.

• CIRCUMFERENCE (UNCOUNTABLE NOUN) The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge. ■ a scientist calculating the Earth's circumference. ■ The island is 3.5 km in circumference.

• DIAMETER (DIAMETERS) The diameter of a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it, passing through the middle of it. ■ [+ of] a tube less than a fifth of the diameter of a human hair ■ a length of 22-mm diameter steel pipe

• HEIGHT (HEIGHTS) The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top. ■ I am 5’6" in height. ■ [+ of] The tree can grow to a height of 20ft. ■ He was a man of medium height.

• LENGTH (LENGTHS) The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side. ■ It is about a metre in length. ■ [+ of] the length of the field ■ [+ of] The plane had a wing span of 34ft and a length of 22ft.

• RADIUS (RADII) The radius around a particular point is the distance from it in any direction ■ [+ around] Nigel has searched for work in a ten-mile radius around his home. ■ [+ of] within a fifty-mile radius of the town ■ Fragments of twisted metal were scattered across a wide radius.

• VOLUME (VOLUMES) The volume of something is the amount of it that there is. ■ [+ of] Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. ■ [+ of] the sheer volume of traffic and accidents

• WIDTH (WIDTHS) The width of something is the distance it measures from one side or edge to the other. ■ [+ of] Measure the full width of the window. ■ The road was reduced to 18ft in width by adding parking bays. ■ Saddles are made in a wide range of different widths. ACTIONS: • ADJUST (ADJUSTS, ADJUSTING, ADJUSTED) (VERB) When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas. ■ [+ to] We are preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society.

• CONVEY (CONVEYS, CONVEYING, CONVEYED) (VERB) To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone. ■ Semiological analysis sees a sign as any cultural symbol which conveys a meaning. ■ In every one of her pictures she conveys a sense of immediacy. ■ He also conveyed his views and the views of the bureaucracy.

• LAUNCH (LAUNCHES, LAUNCHING, LAUNCHED) (VERB) If a company launches a new product, it makes it available to the public. ■ Crabtree & Evelyn has just launched a new jam, Worcesterberry Preserve. ■ Marks & Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range.

• REINFORCE (REINFORCES, REINFORCING, REINFORCED) (VERB) If something reinforces a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense. ■ A stronger European Parliament would, they fear, only reinforce the power of the larger countries. ■ This sense of privilege tends to be reinforced by the outside world.

• SECURE (SECURES, SECURING, SECURED) (VERB) If you secure something that you want or need, you obtain it, often after a lot of effort. [ FORMAL] ■ Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire. ■ Graham’s achievements helped secure him the job.

• SUSPEND (SUSPENDS, SUSPENDING, SUSPENDED) (VERB) If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it. ■ The union suspended strike action this week. ■ [+ until] A U.N. official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.