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[ noun ] the property created by the space between two objects or points
Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)More_often_than_not I have found easy excuse to leave my own work and stand at a respectable distance where I could watch this man transform raw nature into a composed , not imitative , painting . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Land within commuting distance of a growing city is usually high in price , higher if it has subdivision possibilities . Choose a location within easy commuting distance of both the regular job and other employment opportunities . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Only across a distance of time could the epic accounting begin . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)We assume for this illustration that the size of the land plots is so great that the distance between dwellings is greater than the voice can carry and that most_of the communication is between nearest neighbors only , as shown in Figure 2 . |
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[ noun ] a distant region
Examples "I could see it in the distance" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Mrs._Hewlitt led the birthcontrol league , Mrs._Ryerson was arthritis , and way in the distance could be seen the slate_roof of Ethel_Littleton 's house , a roof that signified gout . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)It was enough for people to know that at_one_time he had looked down the street at the fleshy suppleness of a woman he had consumed - watching her become thinner and thinner in the distance , as thin as the seams on her stockings , and still thinner . Related terms |
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[ noun ] size of the gap between two places
Synonyms Examples "the distance from New York to Chicago" "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)We have ample light when the sun sets ; the temperature of our homes is independent of the seasons ; we fly through the air , although gravity pulls us down ; the range of our voice ignores distance . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The last column shows the rate of exchange that would have been observed at a relative intensity of 4 ( 14.7 cm. distance ) calculated on the assumptions that the incident light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance of the lamp from the cell and that the rate is directly proportional to the incident light intensity . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)I can n't tell you now the distance in light_years or what star this was , though you can see it with the naked eye at night in this hemisphere . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)My unscientific friend does not believe that human stature is measurable in_terms_of speed , momentum , weightlessness , or distance from earth , but is a matter of the development of the human mind . Related terms size measure arm's_length wingspread altitude light_time wingspan gauge skip_distance leg |
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[ noun ] indifference by personal withdrawal
Synonyms Examples "emotional distance" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)But this was not unusual , because youth in these quarters was always pushed at a distance from its elders . Even_though the boy could not see them , he knew they were clouded by distance . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the interval between two times
Synonyms Examples "the distance from birth to death" "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" Related terms |
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[ verb ] keep at a distance
Examples "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" Related terms |
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[ verb ] go far ahead of
Synonyms Examples "He outdistanced the other runners" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a remote point in time
Examples "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future" "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details" Related terms |
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