(ぜんちょう)

ぜんちょう
noun
overall length; total length
1. overall length; total length; full length
The complete length of something measured from one end to the other.
この(はし)全長(ぜんちょう)(やく)500メートルだ。
The total length of this bridge is about 500 meters.
この(へび)全長(ぜんちょう)3メートルにもなる。
This snake reaches an overall length of 3 meters.
全長(ぜんちょう)100キロメートルの高速道路(こうそくどうろ)来年(らいねん)開通(かいつう)する予定(よてい)だ。
A highway with a total length of 100 kilometers is scheduled to open next year.

A compound of (ぜん) (all, complete) and (ちょう) (length). Used for measuring the full extent of physical objects such as vehicles, bridges, tunnels, rivers, and animals. Commonly appears in specifications, descriptions, and technical contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 全長(ぜんちょう)〜メートル: ~ meters in total length
  • 全長(ぜんちょう)〜キロ: ~ kilometers long
  • 全長(ぜんちょう)(やく)〜: approximately ~ in total length
  • (くるま)全長(ぜんちょう): the overall length of a car

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 全幅(ぜんぷく): overall width — the width counterpart to 全長(ぜんちょう)
  • 全高(ぜんこう): overall height — the height counterpart
  • (なが)さ: length — the general, everyday word for length