distance : Idioms & Phrases

• . See Aperture, Distance.

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• noun the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer
  
  • he recorded angular distances between the stars

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• the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects.

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• noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
  
• noun a distant region
  
  • I could see it in the distance
• noun size of the gap between two places
  length.
  
  • the distance from New York to Chicago
  • he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points
• noun indifference by personal withdrawal
  aloofness.
  
  • emotional distance
• noun the interval between two times
  space.
  
  • the distance from birth to death
  • it all happened in the space of 10 minutes
• noun a remote point in time
  
  • 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
• verb keep at a distance
  
  • we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
• verb go far ahead of
  outstrip; outdistance.
  
  • He outdistanced the other runners

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• to pass over; as, the rider covered the ground in an hour.

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• noun vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
  

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• . (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.

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• noun the distance from a lens to its focus
  focal length.
  

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• the distance of the image of an object from the object glass.

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• noun the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear
  

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• verb stay clear of, avoid
  keep one's eyes off; stay away; stand back; keep one's hands off.
  
  • Keep your hands off my wife!
  • Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous

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• noun a telephone call made outside the local calling area
  long distance; trunk call.
  
  • I talked to her by long distance

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• adjective of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
  
  • a long-distance call
  • a long-distance transmission line
  • a long-distance operator
• adjective satellite covering a long distance
  
  • a long-distance runner
  • a long-distance freight train
  • she ran off with a long-distance truck driver

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• noun a telephone call made outside the local calling area
  long distance; trunk call.
  
  • I talked to her by long distance

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• noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
  marathon runner; road runner; marathoner.
  

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• the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the lunar method.

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• noun the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
  

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• (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the average of the distances throughout one revolution of the planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit.

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• the distance or departure from the meridian; the easting or westing.

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• noun the part of a scene between the foreground and the background
  

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• . (Paint.) See Middle-ground.

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• the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface. nautical mile. see under Mile.

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• (Astron.), the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination.

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• the angular distance of any point on a sphere from one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly body from the north pole of the heavens.

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• (Art), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; called also middle ground, or middle distance. R.

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• noun the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
  

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• the distance through which an object can be reached by striking; the distance at which a force is effective when directed to a particular object. the distance which can be covered in one easy leg of a journey.

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• to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.

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• (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude.

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