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Meaning of distance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  distance
      n 1: the property created by the space between two objects or
           points
      2: a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
      3: 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" [syn: {distance},
         {length}]
      4: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
         [syn: {distance}, {aloofness}]
      5: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to
         death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn:
         {distance}, {space}]
      6: a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some
         distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had
         forgotten many of the details"
      v 1: keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from
           these events in order to continue living"
      2: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn:
         {outdistance}, {outstrip}, {distance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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