sentences: length is a measure of distance from one end of an object to the other end of that object & a stick is a mean of preposition ->  the length of a branch is a measure of distance from one end of the branch to the other end  the width of a stick is a insulation of near from zero start of the stick to the other start & a meter stick can be used to measure the length -> a meter stick can be used to measure the length of a branch