distance

英['dɪst(ə)ns] 美['dɪstəns]

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"

4. indifference by personal withdrawal;

"emotional distance"

5. the interval between two times;

"the distance from birth to death"

"it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

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"