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distance

1. Geometry

a. the length of the shortest line segment joining two points

b. the length along a straight line or curve

2. Horse racing

a. Brit a point on a racecourse 240 yards from the winning post

b. Brit any interval of more than 20 lengths between any two finishers in a race

c. US the part of a racecourse that a horse must reach in any heat before the winner passes the finishing line in order to qualify for later heats

3. go the distance Boxing to complete a bout without being knocked out

4. the distant parts of a picture, such as a landscape

5. middle distance

a. (in a picture) halfway between the foreground and the horizon

b. (in a natural situation) halfway between the observer and the horizon

6. Athletics relating to or denoting the longer races, usually those longer than a mile

distance [′dis·təns]

(mathematics)

A nonnegative number associated with pairs of geometric objects.

The spatial separation of two points, measured by the length of a hypothetical line joining them.

For two parallel lines, two skew lines, or two parallel planes, the length of a line joining the two objects and perpendicular to both.

For a point and a line or plane, the length of the perpendicular from the point to the line or plane.

(mechanics)

The spatial separation of two points, measured by the length of a hypothetical line joining them.

Distance

distance in depth between servicemen, guns, vehicles, and subunits or units (ships) when formed in ranks, on the march (cruise), or in combat formation and also between aircraft when flying in formation or in a combat formation.

Distance

an important geometric concept whose meaning depends on the kind of entities for which it is defined. The distance between two points is the length of the line segment joining the points. The distance from a point to a line or a plane is the length of the perpendicular from this point to the line or plane. The distance between two parallel lines or planes is the length of a common perpendicular to the lines or planes. The distance between two nonintersecting nonparallel lines in space is equal to the distance between the parallel planes in which the lines lie—that is, the length of the line segment that joins the lines and is perpendicular to both.

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From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

As the natural limit of a democracy is that distance from the central point which will just permit the most remote citizens to assemble as often as their public functions demand, and will include no greater number than can join in those functions; so the natural limit of a republic is that distance from the centre which will barely allow the representatives to meet as often as may be necessary for the administration of public affairs.

Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context

, it ought to reach the moon four days after its departure, that is on the 5th of December, at midnight precisely, at the moment of her attaining her perigee, that is her nearest distance from the earth, which is exactly 86,410 leagues (French), or 238,833 miles mean distance (English).

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

dissociative recombination

dissogeny

Dissogony

dissolution

Dissolution of Marriage

dissolve

dissolved air flotation