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Beyond :: Beyond (adv.) Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Orle :: Orle (n.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border..

Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..

Bowbell :: Bowbell (n.) One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.

Distance :: Distance (n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

Throw :: Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw..

Angular :: Angular (a.) Measured by an angle; as, angular distance..

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..

Pan :: Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Wardian :: Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman..

Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity..

Ambulator :: Ambulator (n.) An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.

Anomalistical :: Anomalistical (a.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion..

Equidistance :: Equidistance (n.) Equal distance.

Farther :: Farther (superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.

Yonder :: Yonder (a.) Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon..

Kenning :: Kenning (v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles..

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..

Longimetry :: Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

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