Distance
//ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s//
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The word "distance" can be used as noun and verb.
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Bhattacharyya distance Cartesian distance Chebyshev distance Euclidean distance Hamming distance Hausdorff distance Hellinger distance Hubble distance Kendall tau distance Levenshtein distance Manhattan distance Tchebychev distance a distance action at a distance aesthetic distance angular distance at a distance automatic distance control biodistance braking distance by some distance chessboard distance city block distance creepage distance critical distance demidistance distance education distance fog distance formula distance function distance learner distance learning distance line distance teaching distance vector distance vision distanced distanceless distancelessness distanceometer distancer distancer distancing distancingly down and distance draw distance ecodistance edit distance effort distance endistance endistancement equidistance focal distance go the distance horizon distance in the distance interarch distance interdistance interplant distance isodistance keep at a distance keep one's distance keyboard distance linguistic distance long-distance long-distance relationship luminosity distance lunar distance mean distance between failure microdistance middle distance middle-distance multidistance outdistance perpendicular distance polar distance power distance pseudodistance resistance distance role-distance second distance security distance self-distance short-distance skip distance slant distance social distance social distance socially distance spitting distance spooky action at a distance stay the distance stopping distance striking distance string distance taxi distance taxi-distance taxicab distance thinking distance time-distance transactional distance ultradistance undistanced walking distance within touching distance zenith distance
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adjective afar amount amount away another another form ants between between cities between things cities coverage covered depth difference distant far far away far length far measure far near feet feet inches form gap general general measurement general term generic generic term geographic geographic gap go going horizon how how far how long inches inches feet kilometer kilometers kilometre length length away length covered length measure length measurement length traveled linear linear measurement long long way longer maps measurable measurable quality measure measure far measure length measured measured length measurement measurement afar measures measures of measuring measuring far meters meters inches metric mile mile kilometer mileage miles miles between miles kilometer miles kilometers miles traveled missed missed ants near nearness nearness measurement on maps outpace place place measure point points progress quality quantity racecourse space space between space traveled straight tents term than travel travel far traveled traveling traveling far trip trip measurement two two points way ways
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