Definition of distant

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Distant (a.) Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner..

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Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
Semisextile :: Semisextile (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees..
Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Remote; distant; far.
Kioways :: Kioways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.
Removed :: Removed (a.) Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed..
Back :: Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..
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..
Center :: Center (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place..
Locally :: Locally (adv.) With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant..
Cold :: Cold (n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed..
Middle :: Middle (a.) The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion.
Myopia :: Myopia (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90ยก, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..
Telescope :: Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies..
Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations..
Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..
Soho :: Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
Sparse :: Sparse (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like..
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..
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