Examples. 1  I need a tricorder - the convenient, hand-held device featured on Star Trek that can detect life forms even from orbit. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2  I need a tricorder - the convenient, hand-held device featured on Star Trek that can detect life forms even from.
I should mention that width and length are often interchangeable in representing the same concept - they are distinguished in relation to one another (a box may be thought of as having a 5-inch width and 6-inch length, or a 5-inch length and 6-inch width. Height is usually understood to be the dimension going upwards.
In design,(Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign) construction,(blueprints) or print, (8.5 x11 for example), it s width x length. Mathematicians, for some reason, use the reverse, length x width. But otherwise, the most common accepted use is Width first. James Â· 1 year ago.