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property number + unit a measured amount

screen size

also called display size

The diagonal of a computing device's display panel, as a numeral with a length unit (reusing the spine LengthUnits dimension; e.g. a 14-inch laptop, an 11-inch tablet — inch is the catalogue convention, centimetre also admissible). For tablets and laptops this is a real BUYABLE size, not merely a descriptive spec: the same model line is configured across sizes in the buy box (a MacBook Pro in 14 vs 16 inch, an iPad Air in 11 vs 13 inch, a Dell XPS in 13 vs 15 inch), so where a seller offers several sizes each is a distinct version. Being a measurement facet it is axis-ELIGIBLE by default; which sizes are actually offered is a downstream Seedbed statement. DISTINCT from the device's chassis outer dimensions (the inherited `height`/`width`/`depth`, which measure the whole body's envelope) — this is only the visible display diagonal, listed separately on every spec sheet; and DISTINCT from the capacity bands `storage_capacity` (flash) and `memory` (RAM), which are discrete marketing tiers, not a measured length. Homes on Tablet and Laptop, NOT on the shared ComputingDevice parent: for a smartphone, screen size is model IDENTITY (an iPhone 15 and a 15 Plus are separate products), not a within-model buy-box choice.

Screen size is a measured figure, given in millimeters or inches.

It belongs to measurement — its measurable, physical facts.

asked by the kinds that answer it

2 kinds answer it, each for a single value. The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.

answered with
number + unit — a number paired with a unit drawn from an exhaustive unit vocabulary.
value domain
Length units — the vocabulary its answers are drawn from.
concern
Measurement — the facet of a product it belongs to.

asked by kinds that answer it

The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.

kindhow many
tablet required · one
laptop required · one