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\setlength
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   `\setlength{\gnat}{length}'

   The `\setlength' command is used to set the value of a `length'
command.  The `length' argument can be expressed in any terms of length
LaTeX understands, i.e., inches (`in'), millimetres (`mm'), points
(`pt'), etc.