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Definition of distance
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Distance
(n.) Space
between
two
antagonists
in
fencing.
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Gauge
::
Gauge (n.) A
measure;
a
standard
of
measure;
an
instrument
to
determine
dimensions,
distance,
or
capacity;
a
standard..
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..
Curtate
::
Curtate
(a.)
Shortened
or
reduced;
-- said of the
distance
of a
planet
from the sun or
earth,
as
measured
in the plane of the
ecliptic,
or the
distance
from the sun or earth to that point where a
perpendicular,
let fall from the
planet
upon the plane of the
ecliptic,
meets the
ecliptic..
Element
::
Element
(n.) An
infinitesimal
part of
anything
of the same
nature
as the
entire
magnitude
considered;
as, in a solid an
element
may be the
infinitesimal
portion
between
any two
planes
that are
separated
an
indefinitely
small
distance.
In the
calculus,
element
is
sometimes
used as
synonymous
with
differential..
Half-mast
::
Half-mast
(n.) A point some
distance
below the top of a mast or
staff;
as, a flag a
half-mast
(a token of
mourning,
etc.)..
Albatross
::
Albatross
(n.) A
web-footed
bird, of the genus
Diomedea,
of which there are
several
species.
They are the
largest
of sea
birds,
capable
of
long-continued
flight,
and are often seen at great
distances
from the land. They are found
chiefly
in the
southern
hemisphere..
League
::
League
(n.) A
measure
of
length
or
distance,
varying
in
different
countries
from about 2.4 to 4.6
English
statute
miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land
measure)
chiefly
on the
continent
of
Europe,
and in the
Spanish
parts of
America.
The
marine
league
of
England
and the
United
States
is equal to three
marine,
or
geographical,
miles of 6080 feet
each..
Elongation
::
Elongation
(n.) The
angular
distance
of a
planet
from the sun; as, the
elongation
of Venus or
Mercury..
Telescopical
::
Telescopical
(a.) Able to
discern
objects
at a
distance;
farseeing;
far-reaching;
as, a
telescopic
eye;
telescopic
vision..
Longinquity
::
Longinquity
(n.)
Greatness
of
distance;
remoteness.
Pitch
::
Pitch (n.) The
distance
from
center
to
center
of any two
adjacent
teeth of
gearing,
measured
on the pitch line; --
called
also
circular
pitch..
Fall
::
Fall (n.)
Extent
of
descent;
the
distance
which
anything
falls;
as, the water of a
stream
has a fall of five
feet..
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..
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..
Erg
::
Erg (n.) The unit of work or
energy
in the C. G. S.
system,
being the
amount
of work done by a dyne
working
through
a
distance
of one
centimeter;
the
amount
of
energy
expended
in
moving
a body one
centimeter
against
a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to
13,560,000
ergs..
Ancestor
::
Ancestor
(n.) One from whom a
person
is
descended,
whether
on the
father's
or
mother's
side, at any
distance
of time; a
progenitor;
a fore
father..
Sector
::
Sector
(n.) An
astronomical
instrument,
the limb of which
embraces
a small
portion
only of a
circle,
used for
measuring
differences
of
declination
too great for the
compass
of a
micrometer.
When it is used for
measuring
zenith
distances
of
stars,
it is
called
a
zenith
sector..
Remit
::
Remit (v. t.) To
transmit
or send, esp. to a
distance,
as money in
payment
of a
demand,
account,
draft,
etc.; as, he
remitted
the
amount
by
mail..
Torpedo
::
Torpedo
(n.) A kind of small
submarine
boat
carrying
an
explosive
charge,
and
projected
from a ship
against
another
ship at a
distance,
or made
self-propelling,
and
otherwise
automatic
in its
action
against
a
distant
ship..
Nephelodometer
::
Nephelodometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
reckoning
the
distances
or
velocities
of
clouds.
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