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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.

Interocular :: Interocular (a.) Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian..

Curtation :: Curtation (n.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.

Distant :: Distant (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance..

Far :: Far (a.) Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated..

Widespread :: Widespread (a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement..

Cast :: Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.

March :: March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles..

Distance :: Distance (v. t.) To place at a distance or remotely.

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Telemeter :: Telemeter (n.) An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury..

Yonder :: Yonder (adv.) At a distance, but within view..

Outlying :: Outlying (a.) Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached..

Farseeing :: Farseeing (a.) Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.

Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..

Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.

Comet :: Comet (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix..

Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area..

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