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Farther :: Farther (superl.) More remote; more distant than something else.

Halfway :: Halfway (a.) Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Near :: Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh..

Unneighborly :: Unneighborly (a.) Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.

Telescope :: Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies..

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..

Quincunx :: Quincunx (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡..

Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes..

Son :: Son (n.) A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general..

Farthest :: Farthest (Superl.) Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest..

Parabola :: Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus..

Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..

Semiquartile :: Semiquartile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half..

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine..

Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..

Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature..

Nigh :: Nigh (prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.

Far :: Far (a.) The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts..

Bring :: Bring (v. t.) To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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

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