单词 | equidistance |
释义 | equidistancen. The fact of being equidistant. Also in phrase at equidistance = at equal distances. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance apart > equidistance equidistance1629 1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin 11 (T.) From the equidistance of the letters and vowel, they gather the distinction of the persons. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. v. 438 The collaterall equidistance of cousens-german from the stock whence both descend. 1734 tr. P. L. M. de Maupertuis Diss. Cœlestial Bodies 35 in J. Keill Exam. Burnet's Theory of Earth (ed. 2) The gravity of Bodies..at equidistance from the Center of the Earth, is as their quantities of Matter. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 28 There lie, out-spread at equidistance, thorpes And villages and towns along the coast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1629 |
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