Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

Space between two antagonists in fencing.

Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

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

Length, as between two points.

Lineal length between points on a straight line.

The fundamental spatial concept of the amount of space between non-connected points. Not to be confused with length, as length always implies a physical connection.

The distance between two vertices is the length of the shortest chain between them.

a measure of how far apart 2 items are. A distance function is of 2 variables satisfying 3 properties, is often thought of in metric spaces, and most commonly involves Euclidean space (Euclidean distance). Distance is often inversely related to similarity.

The distance between two objects a measure of the interval between them. It is important to understand that distances are not always measured by rulers, or their equivalent. Measurements of distance are also related to measures of similarity and dissimilarity.

See Metric space.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

a numbers of length quanta between two points of the absolute space

the amount of space between two points.

the length of a minimum path length from one specific vertex to another vertex.

The space between elements when the elements are one behind the other. Between units, it varies with the size of the formation; between individuals, it is an arm's length to the front plus 6 inches, or about 36 inches, measured from the chest of one man to the back of the man immediately to his front.

The disdtance of a race: Five furlongs is the minimum and the four and a half miles of the Grand National is the longest. Also the margin by which a horse is beaten by the horse directly in front. This ranges from a short head to 'by a distance' (more than thirty lengths)

The proscribed length of the course to be not less than 500 yards.

The fact or condition of being apart in space or time.

The length of a race in miles or feet

The length (in feet, meters, miles, etc.) between two waypoints or from your current position to a destination waypoint. This length can be measured in straight-line (rhumb line) or great-circle (over the earth) terms. GPS normally uses great circle calculations for distance and desired track.

The measurement of the separation between two things. A scalar quantity.

those items which are viewed beyond arm's length are considered in the distance, i.e., curbs, steps, television, etc.

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(n.): The distance between two vertices v,v' (often denoted ``d(v,v')'') is the length of the shortest path connecting them. Thus: @ d(v,v')=0 if and only if v=v'; @ d(v,v')=1 if and only if v and v' are adjacent; @ d(v,v')=2 if and only if v and v' are neither the same nor adjacent but have a common neighbor; @ ``etc.''. Note that this definition does in fact satisfy the axioms (required properties) required for a ``distance'': i) nonnegativity: for all vertices v and v', the distance d(v,v') is either positive or zero, and zero if and only if v=v'; ii) symmetry: d(v,v')=d(v',v) for all v and v'; iii) triangle inequality: for all v,v',v'' the distance d(v,v'') is no larger than d(v,v')+d(v',v'') [why?]. If the graph is not connected, there are some vertices v,v' not connected by any path. In that case we say that d(v,v') = +. The above axioms still hold with natural interpretations of arithmetic and inequalities involving +.

An interval between two points in space or time

can refer either to a) the length of a race; or b) the distance by which a horse has won or is beaten by a horse in front that has won.

an unmarked placing 240 yards from the winning post.

An EGP metric. See metric and EGP. Valid values are from 0 to 255 inclusive.

The degree or amount of separation between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects measured along the shortest path joining them.

degree of dissimilarity between two instances of the same code

The length measurement in feet, meters, miles, etc.) between two waypoints (e.g. current position to a destination waypoint). This distance is measured in straight-line (rhumb line) or great-circle (over the earth) terms. GPS normally uses great circle calculations for distance and desired track. Back to the top of the page... E - F

A real-valued function applied to two points in a metric space.

How far a swimmer swims. Distances for short course are: 25 yards (1 length), 50 yards (2 lengths),100 yards (4 lengths), 200 yards (8 lengths), 400 yards (16 lengths), 500 yards (20 lengths), 1000 yards (40 lengths), 1650 yards (66 lengths). Distances for long course are: 50 meters (1 length), 100 meters (2 lengths), 200 meters (4 lengths), 400 meters (8 lengths), 800 meters (16 lengths), 1500 meters (30 lengths).

the distance in miles to that parent peak

The length of the line segment joining two points.

The length of a race: 5 furlongs is the minimum and the 4 1/2 miles of the Grand National the longest. Also, the margin by which a horse wins or is beaten by the horse in front: this ranges from a short head to 'by a distance' (more than 30 lengths); a 'length' is measured from the horse's nose to the start of its tail

Space between elements in the direction of depth. Between individuals, it is the space between your chest and the person to your front.

A scalar quantity. If an object is moved from point to point in space along path AB, the distance that the object has traveled is the length of the path AB. Distance is to be contrasted with displacement, which is simply a measure of the distance between points and , and doesnâ€(tm)t take into account the path followed between and .

Distance is a numerical description of how far apart objects are at any given moment in time. In physics or everyday discussion, distance may refer to a physical length, a period of time, or an estimation based on other criteria (e.g. "two counties over"). In mathematics, distance must meet more rigorous criteria.

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the distance between two vertices in a graph is the number of edges in a shortest path connecting them. This is also known as the geodesic distance.

Distance is the second and final full-length release from Clay Sun Union, released in 2002. Due to band and material conflicts, many of the songs from the first full-length release, Clay Sun Union, were re-done on this album, with higher quality and improved sound.

Distance refers to how far or close a planet is to the Sun or the Earth and is usually expressed in AU (astronomical units).

The term “distance” is Ong's and refers to the way in which written representations of things, people, and ideas make them available to thinkers in an objective because depersonalized way; Spengler's term, “the Far” is closely related and refers to writing's temporal stability and the occasion it offers to create an historical archive renewed for each subsequent generation.

a measure of the reduction in melting temperature of hybrid DNA fragments, caused by differences in their base sequences, and is presumably a measure of the difference between the DNAs of the two species

The number of squares between two pieces. This is a crucial calculation in endgames to determine whether a king can stop a hostile passed pawn.

The measurement from one point to another

Usually treated as a measure of evolutionary divergence, i.e. phylogenetic distance increases with increasing evolutionary divergence. Distances are usually expressed pair-wise among the terminal taxa, and can be calculated based on a specified evolutionary model; the model specifies the probabilities of character-state changes through evolutionary time. Distances are popular for building phylogenetic trees from molecular sequence data (cf. maximum likelihood, parsimony).

The measurement between two points

a measure of the disparity between two observations on a set of variables. The most common measure is the squared Euclidian distance which is the sum of squared differences across a set of variables. Letting m = the number of variables, and Xij be the value of the j-th variable for the i-th case, the squared Euclidian distance between cases k and l is Distance functions are used in cluster analysis to form clusters of variables or cases which are most similar or have small distances.

To place at a distance or remotely.

To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

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"