distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points |
mean distance | the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary |
focal distance focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
hyperfocal distance | the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear |
distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |
distance vision | vision for objects that afeet or more from the viewer |
middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
distance aloofness | indifference by personal withdrawal, emotional distance |
distance | a distant region, I could see it in the distance |
marathoner marathon runner road runner long-distance runner | someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
angular distance | the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer, he recorded angular distances between the stars |
distance space | the interval between two times, the distance from birth to death, it all happened in the space ofminutes |
distance | 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 |
outdistance outstrip distance | go far ahead of, He outdistanced the other runners |
stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance keep one's hands off stay away | stay clear of, avoid, Keep your hands off my wife!, Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous |
distance | keep at a distance, we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living |
long-distance | covering a long distance, a long-distance runner, a long-distance freight train, she ran off with a long-distance truck driver |
long-distance | of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call, a long-distance call, a long-distance transmission line, a long-distance operator |