Definition of distance

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Distance (n.) The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness..

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Milliary :: Milliary (a.) Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles..
Sprinter :: Sprint (n.) The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry..
Degree :: Degree (n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree..
Midway :: Midway (adv.) In the middle of the way or distance; half way.
Distance :: Distance (n.) Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor..
Behind :: Behind (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death..
Interocular :: Interocular (a.) Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects..
Breadth :: Breadth (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width..
Midway :: Midway (a.) Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air..
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..
Pantometer :: Pantometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child..
Distance :: Distance (n.) Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events..
Widespread :: Widespread (a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement..
Remove :: Remove (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year..
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays..
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..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian..
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