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

Halfway :: Halfway (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance..

Half-ray :: Half-ray (n.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions..

Baculometry :: Baculometry (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

Macrometer :: Macrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.

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..

Telephonic :: Telephonic (a.) Conveying sound to a great distance.

Metre :: Metre (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric..

Eloign :: Eloign (v. t.) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress..

Distance :: Distance (v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly..

Homer :: Homer (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Anabas :: Anabas (n.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes..

Offskip :: Offskip (n.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance.

Mile :: Mile (n.) A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet..

Sight-shot :: Sight-shot (n.) Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.

Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..

Sextile :: Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object..

Distancy :: Distancy (n.) Distance.

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