distance
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- noun
- /ˈdɪstəns/
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lejanía
- If they could traverse these incredible distances, would their first action be aggression?
- seem from a distance
- some distance away
- long-distance
And off in the distance you see a herd of cows.
- And off in the distance you see a herd of cows.
- Still today that's remembering at a distance at the moon.
- And the great black distance may we flicker in.
- And it was like distance from population.
- And they'd come from fair distance, all to be together.
- And then just corn and and way in the distance a silo.
Examples
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But his rest was disturbed when, in the distance, he heard thunder that grew ever louder.
Fiction book (1990) -
Way off in the distance, I see a patrol ship.
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My greatest fear is that there will be more distance between us.
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I feel like I can kind of hear them in the distance playing something.
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The words are hard to write even at a safe distance from the reality of the event.
Fiction book (1990) -
And off in the distance you see a herd of cows.
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Even from a distance, you can tell she's alive.
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They are so cute from a reasonable distance.
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Suddenly, a strange sound can be heard in the distance, a metallic humming, growing louder.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the distance, a beautiful sunset painted the sky with vibrant colors.
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Compounds
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8.5
Average of the farthest and nearest distances of a planet or satellite from the body it orbits
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9.9
The shortest distance from a radio transmitter where radio waves bounced by the ionosphere can be picked up
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The angle between two objects as seen from one place, measured in degrees
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The distance from a lens or mirror to the point where parallel light rays meet
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Distance from the camera lens to the nearest point that looks sharp when the lens is focused very far away
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Distance comes from the Latin distare 'to stand apart', which helps explain the phrase 'in the distance'. So something 'in the distance' is a place or figure that stands far away from you.