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a.
Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
a.
Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Distance
adv.
At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
n.
Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
a.
Distant.
n.
The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
n.
Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.
n.
Distance.
n.
The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
v. t.
To place at a distance or remotely.
v. t.
To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
a.
Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
imp. & p. p.
of Distance
v. t.
To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
n.
Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
n.
That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
a.
Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
n.
One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.
a.
Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
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