Definition of distance

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Distance (n.) The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place..

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Flying Fish :: Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans..
Northeast :: Northeast (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region..
Call :: Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land..
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
Disloign :: Disloign (v. t.) To put at a distance; to remove.
Homer :: Homer (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Telephonic :: Telephonic (a.) Conveying sound to a great distance.
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction..
Journal :: "Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Halfway :: Halfway (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23? 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic..
Metergram :: Metergram (n.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.
Far :: Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity..
Yojan :: Yojan (n.) A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five..
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..
Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente
Telepathy :: Telepathy (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops..
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