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equidistant

equidistant

4 6.6
At the same distance from a point or from each other
  • adjective
  • /ˌiːkwɪˈdɪstənt/
translation icon : equidistante
  • And I arrived at that Michael store at exactly the same time because it turns out that it is almost equidistant between our two houses.
  • located equidistant

Foods with lots of protein in them ideally should be consumed three to five times per day at roughly equidistant intervals.

Examples

  • Three loudspeakers were positioned within the room approximately one meter equidistant from the subject's head at different positions in horizontal and vertical planes.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The two trees stand equidistant from the edge of the garden, creating a symmetrical appearance.

  • So sea level is not an equidistant thing from the center of the Earth.

  • So you can see again, going back to that problem that we worked on, these are equidistant of each other, OK?

  • The beams of light are equidistant from the source.

  • The women on the outside sit in equidistant pairs around the circle.

    Academic text (1991)
  • So here we are in central lobby, this is the heart of Parliament and we are equidistant between the Commons Chamber and the Lords Chamber.

  • A splendid Nile green plain, endless, with thousands, millions of trees, equidistant from one another.

    Academic text (2007)
  • At the start of the assessment, we placed the array of items equidistant from Jorge, and he was prompted to select one item.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A closet reveals clothes on hangers exactly equidistant from each other; precisely folded T-shirts, underwear, and socks organized by color.

    Fiction book (2001)

How Even

regular
57 1.0
equidistant
4 6.6
uneven
42 2.3
irregular
14 3.4

Surface Forms

equidistant positive

Morphology

equidistant = distant (semi-transparent) = equi + distant

The combining form 'equi-' means 'equal' and combines with 'distant' to give 'equally distant', but the Latinate form may be unfamiliar to some learners.

Etymology

Equidistant is made of equi- meaning 'equal' and distant meaning 'far', like the familiar words equal and distance. So equidistant simply means 'equally far' from a point or from each other.