Style - Arms Length

[Bennett Atkinson <Batkinson -at- nordam -dot- com>]

What is the proper technical style for the phrase "arms length"? EXAMPLE:
Inspections must be performed at a distance no greater than arms length from
the widget.

I have three possibilities:
a. arms length,
b. arm's length, and
c. arms-length.

A group of writers authored the instructions I am editing and each author
wrote the phrase differently. Our company style manual does not cover this
phrase. I googled the web and came up with many different variants. I would
prefer a more accurate term (e.g., "inspections must be performed within
three feet of the widget"), but I have to use this phrase.

Bennett Atkinson
Technical Writer
The NORDAM Group
Nacelle/Thrust Reverser Systems Division


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