whole-length

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adjective

1

: carried to the full or natural extent : not curtailed or abbreviated : unabridged

a whole-length analysis

2

: having, accommodating, or representing the full height of the human figure : not proportionately reduced or foreshortened

a whole-length mirror

a whole-length portrait

a whole-length statue

whole-length

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noun

: a whole-length picture or statue

on the walls were framed whole-lengths of a number of 19th century authors

compare half-length

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