Definition of distance

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Distance (n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left..

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Distance :: Distance (n.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh..
Farther :: Farther (superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
Curtation :: Curtation (n.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.
Infinite :: Infinite (a.) Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance..
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..
Nearsighted :: Nearsighted (a.) Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.
Telephony :: Telephony (n.) The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone..
Farther :: Farther (adv.) At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther..
Outhouse :: Outhouse (n.) A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country..
Kakapo :: Kakapo (n.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
Depression :: Depression (n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
Stage :: Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles..
Great :: Great (superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length..
Distancy :: Distancy (n.) Distance.
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..
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