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Shot :: Shot (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot..

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

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

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

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

Accomplish :: Accomplish (v. t.) To complete, as time or distance..

Yon :: Yon (a.) At a distance, but within view; yonder..

Analemma :: Analemma (n.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon..

Hair :: Hair (n.) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth..

Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg..

Away :: Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home..

Distance :: Distance (n.) Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

Li :: Li (n.) A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile..

Pride :: Pride (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others..

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Triangulation :: Triangulation (n.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them..

Correspondent :: Correspondent (n.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

Distant :: Distant (a.) Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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