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is lenght a intensive property

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No. Length is an extensive property — it depends on the size/amount of the system. If you combine two rods of length 1 m you get 2 m (it adds), and if you split a rod the lengths change. Intensive properties (e.g., temperature, density, pressure) do not change when you divide or combine systems.

Note: some “characteristic lengths” (e.g., lattice constant, molecular size) are intrinsic and behave like intensive properties, but plain macroscopic length of an object is extensive.