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after-length

after-length is the alternative spelling of afterlength.

Meaning of afterlength

Noun

afterlength (plural afterlengths)

  1. The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.
    • Some luthiers believe it to be important to tune the afterlengths.

Forms of after-length

pluralafter-lengths

Questions about after-length

What is after-length the alternative spelling of?
After-length is the alternative spelling of afterlength.

Words near after-length in the dictionary

  1. after-hyperpolarization
  2. after-image
  3. after-images
  4. after-impression
  5. after-impressions
  6. after-length
  7. after-lengths
  8. after-life
  9. after-lives
  10. after-market
  11. after-markets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: after-length (page history and authors); afterlength (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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