distance :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the property created by the space between two objects or points

n. size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

distance

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

aloofness

n. indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"

distance

v. keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"

outstrip, outdistance, go far ahead off

v. go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"

reach, range

n. the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"

range, chain, mountain chain, mountain range, chain of mountains, range of mountains

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

class, socioeconomic class, social class

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

group, radical

n. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

opening, gap

n. an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

gap, col

n. a pass between mountain peaks

horizon, skyline, apparent horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon

n. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

horizon

n. a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land

coolness, phlegm, imperturbability, imperturbableness

n. calm and unruffled self-assurance; "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran"

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