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Walk :: Walk (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk..

Orthodromics :: Orthodromics (n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy..

Longimetry :: Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

Colure :: Colure (n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure..

Yon :: Yon (a.) At a distance, but within view; yonder..

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance..

Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg..

Further :: Further (superl.) More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance..

Yojan :: Yojan (n.) A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

Height :: Height (n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature..

Halfway :: Halfway (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Delineator :: Delineator (n.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road..

Thrombosis :: Thrombosis (n.) The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance..

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Navigation :: Navigation (n.) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy..

Nephelodometer :: Nephelodometer (n.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.

Way :: Way (n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way..

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