distance : Idioms & Phrases


Angular aperture, Angular distance

  • . See Aperture, Distance.
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Angular distance

  • 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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distance

  • 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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distance vision

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

  • . (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.
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focal distance

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

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

  • 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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keep one's distance

  • 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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long distance

  • 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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long-distance

  • 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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long-distance call

  • 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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long-distance runner

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

  • 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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Mean distance

  • 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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Meridional distance

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

  • noun the part of a scene between the foreground and the background
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  • . (Paint.) See Middle-ground.
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Nautical distance

  • 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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North polar distance

  • (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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Polar distance

  • 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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Second distance

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

  • 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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Striking distance

  • 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 keep one's distance

  • to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.
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Zenith distance

  • (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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