Definition of distant

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Distant (a.) Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives..

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Utmost :: Utmost (a.) Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge..
Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes..
Midland :: Midland (a.) Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants..
Trioctile :: Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other..
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc..
Long :: Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest..
Unco :: Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved..
Far :: Far (a.) Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..
Colonize :: Colonize (v. i.) To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony..
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord..
Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations..
Equator :: Equator (n.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres..
Antarctic :: Antarctic (a.) Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23ยก 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc..
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Reserved; distant in deportment.
Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd..
Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
Freezing :: Freezing (a.) Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner..
Distant :: Distant (a.) Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..
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