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equidistance en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English distance English equidistance From equi- + distance.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Equal distance.
    • The men are ranged so as to form three sides of a square, and stand three deep, each prisoner being three yards from his fellow. This equidistance gives them the appearance of chess-men set out on a board. 1862, Henry Mayhew, John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, page 308:

Forms

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equidistances Number=Plur lexicographic
æquidistance alternative, archaic lexicographic

Relateds

equidistant

Translations (1)

es equidistancia (Translations)