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equidistance|iːkwɪˈdɪstəns| [a. Fr. équidistance, f. équidistant: see next.] The fact of being equidistant. Also in phrase at equidistance = at equal distances.
1629Lightfoot Misc. 11 (T.), From the equidistance of the letters and vowel, they gather the distinction of the persons. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. (1650) 334 The collaterall equidistance of cousens german from the stock whence both descend. a1721J. Keill tr. Maupertuis' Diss. (1734) 35 The gravity of Bodies..at equidistance from the Center of the Earth, is as their quantities of Matter. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-Cap 417 There lie, out-spread at equidistance, thorpes And villages and towns along the coast. |