Distance

·noun Remoteness of place; a remote place.

II. Distance ·vt To place at a distance or remotely.

III. Distance ·noun Space between two antagonists in fencing.

IV. Distance ·noun Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

V. Distance ·noun A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

VI. Distance ·vt To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

VII. Distance ·noun The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.

VIII. Distance ·noun Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

IX. Distance ·noun The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

X. Distance ·noun A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

XI. Distance ·noun Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

XII. Distance ·vt To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, ·noun, 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

XIII. Distance ·noun The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, ·esp. in a landscape.

XIV. Distance ·noun Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear;

— contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

XV. Distance ·noun 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.