distance
Noun
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tells us about:is a type of: spacing, spatial arrangement - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between themsubtypes:
- way - the property of distance in general
- piece - a distance
- mean distance - the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
- farawayness, farness, remoteness - the property of being remote
- closeness, nearness - the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- wavelength - the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
- 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
- leap - the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
- span - the distance or interval between two points
- wheelbase - the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle
- interval, separation - the distance between things
- remove - degree of figurative distance or separation
- yardage - distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
- hour, minute - distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- milage, mileage - distance measured in miles
- elevation - distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- hour angle - the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
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is a type of: size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)subtypes:
- leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- arm's length - a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
- gauge - the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- light time - distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves)
- 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
- wingspan, wingspread - linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
- wingspread - distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
- altitude - the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
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is a type of: indifference - unbiased impartial unconcernsame as: aloofness
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is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instantssame as: space
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is a type of: point, point in time - an instant of time
Verb
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is a type of: leave behind - depart and not take alongsame as: outdistance, outstrip
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