distance
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distance/ˈdɪstəns/
▶noun
- 1 the length of the space between two points: I cycled the short distance home.
- 2 the condition of being remote.
■ a far-off point.
- 3 the full length of a race or other contest.
■ Brit. Horse Racing a space of more than twenty lengths between two finishers in a race.
■ (the distance) Brit. Horse Racing a length of 240 yards from the winning post on a racecourse.
- 4 an interval of time.
- 5 aloofness or reserve.
■ (often distance oneself from) dissociate or separate.
– phrases
go the distance last or continue to participate until the scheduled end of a contest.
keep one's distance stay far away.
go the distance last or continue to participate until the scheduled end of a contest.
keep one's distance stay far away.
■ maintain one's reserve.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘discord, debate’): from OFr. or from L. distantia, from distant-, distare (see distant).
'distance' also found in these Oxford entries:
abscissa
- absolute magnitude
- addendum
- afar
- afield
- air mile
- airmiss
- allochthonous
- altitude
- amplitude
- anomaly
- apart
- apogee
- approach
- armillaria
- astronomical unit
- asymptote
- away
- azimuth
- back
- board
- borrow
- bowshot
- bracket
- breadth
- broad
- carry
- Cartesian coordinates
- celestial latitude
- celestial longitude
- centimorgan
- cepheid
- chapel of ease
- circumference
- clock
- close
- clout
- commute
- Coulomb's law
- cover
- cyclometer
- daylight
- dead reckoning
- deadrise
- declination
- dedendum
- deep
- depth
- depth of field
- dim
