English Dictionary: Distance | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Distance \Dis"tance\, n. [F. distance, L. distantia.] 1. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place. Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the distance. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Remoteness of place; a remote place. Easily managed from a distance. --W. Irving. 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. --T. Campbell. [He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distancing}.] 1. To place at a distance or remotely. I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. --Fuller. 2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote. His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. --H. Miller. 3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see {Distance}, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly. He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. --Milner. |