long-distance has definitions from the field of telecommunications
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[ adjective ] covering long distances

Examples

"a long-distance runner" "long-distance telephone"

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

Part of the time saved was spent on a preliminary estimate for a long-distance plan to free bound oxygen in the sands of Mars to make the planet more friendly to future human generations .

Related terms

long

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[ noun ] (telecommunications) a telephone call made outside the local calling area

Related terms

call toll_call

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