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Definition: Distance |
DistanceNoun1. 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". Verb1. Keep at a distance. 2. Go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "distance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Distance \Dis"tance\, noun. [French expression distance, from Latin expression distantia.]. (references) |
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Satire | DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of being a long way from your residence, denotes that you will make a journey soon in which you may meet many strangers who will be instrumental in changing life from good to bad. To dream of friends at a distance, denotes slight disappointments. To dream of distance, signifies travel and a long journey. To see men plowing with oxen at a distance, across broad fields, denotes advancing prosperity and honor. For a man to see strange women in the twilight, at a distance, and throwing kisses to him, foretells that he will enter into an engagement with a new acquaintance, which will result in unhappy exposures. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | On a car with too-in, the -- between the front wheels is less at the front than at the rear. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | This word is used in many statistical contexts in its ordinary sense, e. g. the "distance" of a value x from some origin a is x-a. A specialised used occurs in the notion of "distance" between two variates, x and y, which may be defined as the expected value of x-y; or the "distance" between two populations, which may be defined as the difference of their means(through other definitions are possible). Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The distance between two points is the length of a straight line between them. In the case of two locations on Earth, usually the distance along the surface is meant: either "as the crow flies" (along a great circle) or by road, railroad, etc. Distance is sometimes expressed in terms of the time to cover it, for example walking or by car. Sometimes a distance thus indicated is ambiguous because the means of transport is neither mentioned nor obvious.
Distance as mentioned above is sometimes not symmetric, hence not a metric (see below): this applies to distance by car in the case of one-way streets, and also in the case the distance is expressed in terms of the time to cover it (a road may be more crowded in one direction than in the other, for a ship upstream and downstream makes a difference).
As opposed to a position coordinate, a distance can not be negative.
See also proximity fuse.
Distance in mathematics
In mathematics, a distance between two points P and Q in a metric space is d(P,Q), where d is the distance function. We can also define the distance between two sets A and B in a metric space as being the minimum (or infimum) of distances between any two points P in A and Q in B.
1-norm distance = ∑ |xi-yi| 2-norm distance = (∑ (xi-yi)2)1/2 p-norm distance = (∑ |xi-yi|p)1/p infinity norm distance = limit of the p norm distance as p goes to infinity = max |xi-yi| The 2-norm distance is the Euclidean distance, a generalization of the Pythagorean Theorem to more than two coordinates. It is what would be obtained if the distance between two points were measured with a ruler: the "intuitive" idea of distance.
The 1-norm distance is more colourfully called the taxicab norm or Manhattan distance, because it is the distance a car would drive in a city laid out in square blocks (if there are no one-way streets).
If you measure the strength of each of the n links in a chain (where larger numbers mean weaker links), then because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the strength of the chain will be the infinity-norm distance from the list of measurements to the origin.
The p norm is rarely used for values of p other than 1, 2, and infinity, but see super ellipse.
Distance between people
Closeness or proximity (keeping a small distance) and touching (zero distance) are forms of physical intimacy. What distance is appropriate for a particular social situation depends on culture, in Western culture it tends to be larger. It is also a matter of personal preference. People may feel uncomfortable if the distance is too large (cold) or too small (intrusive).
Similar observations apply to figurative senses of distance, such as emotional distance.
The term proxemics was introduced by researcher E.T. Hall in 1963 when he investigated people's use of personal space. He used four categories for informal space: the intimate distance for embracing or whispering (6-18 inches), the personal distance for conversations among good friends (1.5-4 feet), social distance for conversations among acquaintances (4-12 feet), and public distance used for public speaking (12 feet or more).
A related term is propinquity. Propinquity is one of the factors, set out by Jeremy Bentham, used to measure the amount of pleasure in a method known as felicific calculus.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Distance."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, a metric space is a set (or "space") where a distance between points is defined.
History
Maurice Fréchet introduced metric spaces in his work Sur quelques points du calcul fonctionnel in 1906.
Formal definition
Formally, a metric space M is a set of points with an associated distance function (also called a metric) d : M × M -> R (where R is the set of real numbers). For all x, y, z in M, this function is required to satisfy the following conditions:
These axioms express intuitive notions about the concept of "distance": distances between different spots are positive and the distance between x and y is the same as the distance between y and x. The triangle inequality means that if you go from x to z directly, that is no longer than going first from x to y, and then from y to z. In Euclidean geometry, this is easy to see. Metric spaces allow this concept to be extended to a more abstract setting.
- d(x, y) ≥ 0
- d(x, x) = 0
- if d(x, y) = 0 then x = y (identity of indiscernibles)
- d(x, y) = d(y, x) (symmetry)
- d(x, z) ≤ d(x, y) + d(y, z) (triangle inequality).
In metric spaces, one can talk about limits of sequences; a metric space in which every Cauchy sequence has a limit is said to be complete.
Examples
- The trivial distance metric: d(x,y) = 0 if x = y else 1.
- The real numbers with the distance function d(x, y) = |y - x| given by the absolute value, and more generally Euclidean n-space with the Euclidean distance, are complete metric spaces.
- More generally still, any normed vector space is a metric space by defining d(x, y) = ||y - x||. If such a space is complete, we call it a Banach space.
- If X is some set and M is a metric space, then the set of all bounded functions f : X -> M (i.e. those functions whose image is a bounded subset of M) can be turned into a metric space by defining d(f, g) = supx in X d(f(x), g(x)) for any bounded functions f and g. If M is complete, then this space is complete as well.
- If X is a topological (or metric) space and M is a metric space, then the set of all bounded continuous functions from X to M forms a metric space if we define the metric as above: d(f, g) = supx in X d(f(x), g(x)) for any bounded continuous functions f and g. If M is complete, then this space is complete as well.
- If M is a connected Riemannian manifold, then we can turn M into a metric space by defining the distance of two points as the infimum of the lengths of the paths (continuously differentible curves) connecting them.
- If G is an undirected connected graph, then the set V of vertices of G can be turned into a metric space by defining d(x, y) to be the length of the shortest path connecting the vertices x and y.
- If M is a metric space, we can turn the set K(M) of all compact subsets of M into a metric space by defining the Hausdorff distance d(X, Y) = inf{r : for every x in X there exists a y in Y with d(x, y) < r and for every y in Y there exists an x in X such that d(x, y) < r)}. In this metric, two elements are close to each other if every element of one set is close to some element of the other set. One can show that K(M) is complete if M is complete.
Further definitions and properties
In any metric space M we can define the open balls as the sets of the form
where x is in M and r is a positive real number, called the radius of the ball. A subset of M which is a union of (finitely or infinitely many) open balls is called an open set. The complement of an open set is called closed. Every metric space is automatically a topological space, the topology being the set of all open sets. A topological space which can arise in this way from a metric space is called a metrizable space; see the article on metrization theorems for further details.
- B(x; r) = {y in M : d(x,y) < r},
Since metric spaces are topological spaces, one has a notion of continuous function between metric spaces. Without referring to the topology, this notion can also be directly defined using limits of sequences; this is explained in the article on continuous functions.
A metric space M is called bounded if there exists some number r > 0 such that d(x,y) ≤ r for all x and y in M (not to be confused with "finite", which refers to the number of elements, not to how far the set extends; finiteness implies boundedness, but not conversely). The space M is called totally bounded if for every r > 0 there exist finitely many open balls of radius r whose union equals M. It is not difficult to see that every totally bounded space is bounded. It can be shown that a metric space is compact if and only if it is complete and totally bounded.
By restricting the metric, any subset of a metric space is a metric space itself. We call such a subset complete, bounded, totally bounded or compact if it, considered as a metric space, has the corresponding property.
Metric spaces are paracompact Hausdorff spaces and hence normal (indeed they are perfectly normal). An important consequence is that every metric space admits partitions of unity and that every continuous real-valued function defined on a closed subset of a metric space can be extended to a continuous map on the whole space (Tietze extension theorem). It is also true that every real-valued Lipschitz-continuous map defined on a subset of a metric space can be extended to a Lipschitz-continuous map on the whole space.
An isometry between two metric spaces (M1, d1) and (M2, d2) is a function f : M1 → M2 with the property d2(f(x), f(y)) = d1(x, y) for all x, y in M1. Isometries are necessarily injective. We call two spaces isometrically isomorphic if there exists a bijective isometry between them. In this case, the two spaces are essentially identical.
Every metric space is isometrically isomorphic to a closed subset of some normed vector space. Every complete metric space is isometrically isomorphic to a closed subset of some Banach space.
Distance between points and sets
If (M,d) is a metric space, S is a subset of M and x is a point of M, we define the distance from x to S as
Then d(x, S) = 0 if and only if x belongs to the closure of S. Furthermore, we have the following generalization of the triangle inequality:
- d(x,S) = inf {d(x,s) : s ∈ S}
which in particular shows that the map x |-> d(x,S) is continuous.
- d(x,S) ≤ d(x,y) + d(y,S)
Related concepts and alternative axiom systems
The property 1 (d(x, y) ≥ 0) follows from properties 2, 4 and 5 and does not have to be required separately.
Some authors use the extended real number line and allow the distance function d to attain the value ∞. Every such metric can be rescaled to a finite metric (using d'(x, y) = d(x, y) / (1 + d(x, y)) or d''(x, y) = min(1, d(x, y))) and the two concepts of metric space are therefore equivalent as far as notions of topology (such as continuity or convergence) are concerned.
A metric is called an ultrametric if it satisfies the following stronger version of the triangle inequality:
If one drops property 3, one obtains pseudometric spaces. Dropping property 4 instead, one obtains quasimetric spaces. However, losing symmetry in this case, one usually changes property 3 such that both d(x,y)=0 and d(y,x)=0 are needed for x and y to be identified. All combinations of the above are possible and are refered to by their according names (such as quasi-pseudo-ultrametric).
- For all x, y, z in M, d(x, z) ≤ max(d(x, y), d(y, z))
See also
- topology
- contraction mapping
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Metric space."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| DIST | English | Distance | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DistanceSynonyms: aloofness (n), length (n), space (n), outdistance (v), outstrip (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Length | Noun: length, longitude, span; mileage; distance. |
Recession | Remove, shunt, distance. |
Sequence | Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway. |
Space | Dimension, length; distance; size; volume; hypervolume. |
Success | Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority). |
Transcursion | Overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar; (rise). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Come on, all the long distance lines are down (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson) Free long distance phone calls, free lunches (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling) Shut up you stupid nerds, he's trying to save you money on long distance calls (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | From a distance there is harmony, (From a Distance; performing artist: Bette Midler) The long distance thing was the hardest and we did as well as we could we were (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Far across the distance ("My Heart Will Go On"; performing artist: Celine Dion) You're my distance, destination of choice (Caught In The Sun; performing artist: Course Of Nature) If you’re not for me then why does this distance maim my life (If You're Not The One; performing artist: DANIEL BEDINGFIELD) | |
Clever | Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line. (references; author: unknown) Friends forever: never apart, maybe by distance, but not by heart. (references; author: unknown) Don't let people drive you crazy when it is within walking distance. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Death from a Distance (1935) La Distance (1918) Photographie électrique à distance (1908) Keep Your Distance (2003) | |
Song Titles | Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (performing artist: Sheena Easton) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Loran stands for LOng RANge navigation, and is a long distance radio-navigation land station that transmits synchronized radio wave pulses. Credit: CDC. |  | Seattle at sunset, from top of Space Needle. Mt. Rainier in distance. Volcano. Credit: CDC. |
 | Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have announced the most accurate distance measurement ... Credit: NASA. |  | Comet C/Hyakutake as taken with the Hubble Space Telescope when the comet passed at a distance of 9.3 million miles (14.9 million km) from Earth (03/25/96). Credit: NASA. |
 | Sextometer invented by Carl Aslakson Known distance between sighting points Sextant angle varies with distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A mountain goat in the distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Photo #1 of Mount St. Elias sequence. Mount Saint Elias is one of the largest mountains visible from the sea on the North American continent. It rises to a height of 18,008 feet in a distance of less than 20 miles from sea level at Icy Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Photo #2 of Mount St. Elias sequence. Mount Saint Elias is one of the largest mountains visible from the sea on the North American continent. It rises to a height of 18,008 feet in a distance of less than 20 miles from sea level at Icy Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Aircraft unloading in the distance - spring melt well under way. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Mount Erebus in the distance. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "From a distance" by Kyle Prawel Commentary: "A nearby mountain, Located in Colorado." | "Looking into the distance" by Krista Commentary: "Looking out into the distance." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Jet flying by as heard faintly from a distance. | | Three gun shots from a distance. |
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Anthony H.g. Fokker | All except very short distance, high class, passenger travel will be by air in the days to come. |
Carlyle | Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. |
Denis Diderot | Distance is a great promoter of admiration! |
George William Curtis | The pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance. |
Jean Paul Richter | Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Age, like distance lends a double charm. |
Samuel Johnson | There are charms made only for distance admiration. |
| Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. | |
Victor Borge | Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The rates applicable to such through services shall not in any case be higher than the rates collected on German internal services for the same distance, under the same conditions of speed and comfort. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | At this moment Mr. Weston appeared at a little distance from the window, evidently on the watch |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But the fair musician was at a safe distance. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Singularly low, as if instead of being so close beside him, it were at a distance. |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Arthur's consciousness approached his body as from a great distance, and reluctantly |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | From a distance they would be taken for two immense serpents of steel stretching themselves towards the crest of the plateau |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He held them at a distance and brooded uneasily on his own thought again |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Joad was silent, looking into the distance ahead, along the road, along the white road that waved gently, like a ground swell |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I found they had already applied ladders to the walls of the apartment, and were well provided with buckets, but the water was at some distance. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Without factitious support, man is sure to come to earth again beyond that distance. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | People cannot get rabies just from seeing a bat in an attic, in a cave, or at a distance. (references) | |
If work schedules permit and the distance between hospital and home is close enough, you and your spouse may alternate staying with the hospitalized child. (references) | ||
It is important to realize that although distance vision may improve after re-operation, it is unlikely that other visual symptoms such as glare or haloes will improve. (references) | ||
Business | Prices are becoming less dependent on distance. (references) | |
Distance from the market is no excuse to a customer with a problem. (references) | ||
Since competition started in 1997 prices of long distance have lowered. (references) | ||
Children | Hungary | This measure was intended to force children to go to school, but some Romani NGO's fear that this may be another form of discrimination against Roma, many of whom live in small villages with no high schools within manageable distance. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Iran | Student groups attempted to distance their organizations from these later acts, which they blamed on government-sanctioned agitators. (references) |
Bhutan | Citizens traveling in border regions are required to show their citizenship identity cards at immigration check points, which in some cases are located at a considerable distance from what is in effect an open border with India. (references) | |
Economic History | Colombia | DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LONG DISTANCE. (references) |
Mexico | Mexico does not allow the resale of private lines for long distance services. (references) | |
Peru | Some 24 companies have shown interest in providing national long distance services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | B'tselem stated that al-Mughrabi and two other boys who were hit were a distance from the demonstration and had not participated. (references) |
Zimbabwe | One abductee, Elifanos Chamunorwa, was forced to carry a large boulder on his shoulders for a long distance and was burned on the soles of his feet with a hot iron. (references) | |
Indonesia | An exception is allowed in cases in which distance or expense is deemed excessive for transporting witnesses to court; in such cases, sworn affidavits may be introduced. (references) | |
Political Economy | POLAND | Several competitors now provide local phone service and domestic long distance service. (references) |
MEXICO | Eight firms are authorized to provide long distance service; five of these have U.S. partners. (references) | |
INDIA | India recently opened the general insurance and the domestic long distance telephony sectors to private and foreign investment. (references) | |
Political Rights | Zambia | In September during the Kabwata by-election, police enforced the rules that require political campaigning to occur a fixed distance beyond a polling station, requiring both the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) and MMD officials to remove their supporters from the polling station. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | The zone has neither ports nor a nearby commercial center of the magnitude of Buenos Aires (located at a distance of 660 kilometers). (references) |
South Africa | In cases where the transaction value cannot be ascertained, the price actually paid for similar goods, adjusted for differences in cost and charges based on distance and mode of transport, is regarded as the transaction value. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | U.S. long distance operators serve Prague through direct access numbers. (references) |
Georgia | Georgia enjoys a direct-dial long distance service for international calls. (references) | |
Chad | Trips to the airport can cost USD 6.00 or more even though the distance is short. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nicaragua | The code also established an employer's obligation to provide housing to employees who are assigned temporarily to areas beyond commuting distance. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TELEPHONE, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. |
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James Dobson | Well, I was on the plane last night coming to Los Angeles from Washington, D.C., and I didn't see the program that was on, the documentary, but I've been hearing about it all day and, of course, I've been interested in him from a distance. |
Karl Lagerfeld | This I can answer as a question in a few years because in the middle of things, you can not answer because you have not the distance. What you think it is may be seen from the near future. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Great inconvenience has been apprehended to suitors from the distance they would be dragged to obtain justice in the supreme court of the United States, upon an appeal on an action for a small debt. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain and those new Governments, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth--and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God's blessing on its goodness. |
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| "Distance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "Distance" is used about 6,784 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.43% | 6,745 | 1,431 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.28% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.27% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,784 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "distance" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Distance | Last name | 100 | 85,868 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Philippines | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. | USA | Group Long Distance, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "distance": a good distance off ♦ action at a distance ♦ administrative distance ♦ admire smb. from a distance ♦ Angular distance ♦ at a distance ♦ at a distance of several years ♦ at some distance ♦ at the distance ♦ at this distance of time ♦ be at a distance ♦ breaking distance ♦ buffer distance ♦ calling distance ♦ certain distance ♦ cosmic distance ♦ cover the long distance ♦ determination of distance ♦ direct distance dialing ♦ distance control ♦ distance in kilometres ♦ distance learning ♦ distance measuring equipment ♦ distance of time ♦ distance oneself from ♦ distance oneself from a person ♦ Distance Perception ♦ distance piece ♦ distance race ♦ distance runner ♦ distance sleeve ♦ distance smb. from smb. ♦ distance spacer ♦ distance traveled ♦ distance travelled ♦ distance vision ♦ distance work ♦ economical haul distance ♦ endurance distance ♦ Extreme distance ♦ fixed distance lights ♦ fixed distance markings ♦ focal distance ♦ Focal distance of a telescope ♦ Focal distance or length of a lens or mirror ♦ focus to image receptor distance ♦ following distance ♦ from a distance ♦ from a short distance ♦ from distance ♦ galactic distance ♦ gaze into the distance ♦ gliding distance ♦ grasping distance ♦ great distance ♦ ground or distance ♦ gust gradient distance ♦ hamming distance ♦ haul distance ♦ hyperfocal distance ♦ in safe distance ♦ in the distance ♦ Inner Screen Distance Healing ♦ into the distance ♦ it's a good distance ♦ keep one's distance ♦ keep smb. at a distance ♦ keeping one's distance ♦ landing distance ♦ landing distance available ♦ line distance ♦ long distance ♦ long distance call ♦ long distance dependency ♦ long distance network ♦ long distance race ♦ Lunar distance ♦ make a long distance call ♦ mean distance ♦ measure of distance ♦ measured distance ♦ Meridional distance ♦ middle distance ♦ middle distance runner ♦ middle distance running ♦ minimum nuclear safe distance ♦ nautical distance ♦ North polar distance ♦ offset distance ♦ operator distance dialing ♦ operator distance dialling ♦ over a long distance ♦ planting distance ♦ point of distance ♦ polar distance ♦ principal distance ♦ quite a distance away ♦ reduced distance ♦ repetition distance ♦ safe distance ♦ safe separation distance. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "distance": distance-call, distance-consuming, distance-decay, distance-dependent, distance-eating, distance-judging, distance-learning, distance-lending, distance-making, distance-piece, distance-teaching, distance-variation. | |
Ending with "distance": longer-distance, middle-distance, short-distance. | |
Containing "distance": long-distance call, long-distance haulage, long-distance heating, long-distance line, long-distance runner, long-distance running, long-distance traffic, middle-distance race, operator-assisted long-distance call. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "distance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afstand (abandonment, abdication, give, offset). (various references) | |
Albanian | largësi (carry, faraway, milage, mileage, offset, race, space, way). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسافة (interval, milage, mileage, range, space, stretch), مساحة (area, compass, extent, measurement, mop, size, space, wiper), نقطة نائية, إبتعد (feel one's way, give a wide berth, go away, keep away, pull away, recede, roll away, stand, subside, sweep), أبعاد (interval), أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off), رقعة (label, uplift, vamp), بون شاسع, بز (beat, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outmatch, outrival, outshine, outstrip, overpass, surpass), بعد (after, dimension, following, hereafter, measure, next, next to, post, proportion, remoteness, yet). (various references) | |
Aymara | jayanchaña (to distance). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | резервираност (ice, reserve, reticence, stiffness), разстояние (expanse, fetch, interval, length, range, remove, space, step, way), разлика (contradistinction, contrast, difference, distinction, excess, inconformity, margin, odds, variance, variation), раздор (contention, discord, dissension, disunity), раздалечавам, фон (background, field, foil, ground), надменност (arrogance, assumption, disdain, haughtiness, hauteur, pride, stiffness, swelled head, uppishness), задминавам (bypass, gain on, leave behind, outrival, overhaul, pass, ride down), перспектива (future, outlook, perspective, prospect, vista), интервал (comma, interlude, interregnum, interval, parenthesis), далечина (remoteness), дистанция (aloofness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 距離 (to be apart), 距离, 距 (at a distance of, to be apart). (various references) | |
Czech | dálka (remoteness), vzdálenost (journey, length, remoteness, space, spacing), odstup (aloofness, detachment, interval, stand off). (various references) | |
Danish | afstand (offset). (various references) | |
Dutch | afstand (abandonment, abdication, cession, offset, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender), eind (conclusion, end, ending, offset). (various references) | |
Esperanto | distanco (offset), malproksimeco. (various references) | |
Estonian | kaugusel. (various references) | |
Faeroese | frástøða (offset, room, space). (various references) | |
Farsi | فاصله (Hiatus, Interim, Interlude, Intermezzo, Interregnum, Interstice, Interval, Lacuna, Space), پشت سرگذاشتن , مسافت , دوری (Dish, Improbability, Inaccessibility, Paten, Periodic, Serial), دورنگاهداشتن , دورکردن (Abduct, Dispossess, Estrange, Oust, Parry, Remove), بعد (Away, Dimension, Next, Subsequent, Then). (various references) | |
Finnish | etäisyys (offset, remoteness). (various references) | |
French | distance (DIST, planting distance). (various references) | |
Frisian | distânsje (offset), ôfstân (offset). (various references) | |
German | entfernung (ablation, dislodgement, equidistance, excision, expulsion, offset, range, remoteness, removal, removing), abstand (desistance, difference, displacement, gap, indemnity, interval, offset, space, spacing), weite (capaciousness, distantness, expanse, fullness, length, looseness, offset, roominess, wideness, width), strecke (gallery, haul, kill, lap, line, reach, road, route, run, section, stretch, track, tract, way), distanz (detachment, displacement, reserve). (various references) | |
Greek | απόσταση (range). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | largësi (offset). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מהלך (course, current, gear, journey, move, run, stroke, tenor, walk), מרוח (clearance, gap, gauge, latitude, respite, room, smeared, space, span, spread), מרחק (difference, interval, remoteness), להרחיק (abduce, alienate, dismiss, keep afar, remove, sequester, stave off, turn away, warn off), כברת דרך, רוחק (range), רוח (gap, interval, margin, space), רחוק (away, distant, far, faraway, long, off, remoteness), רחקות (remoteness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | távolság (fetch, mileage, offset, range, reach, remove, ride, space, way), messzeség, táv (space), útszakasz (hop, leg, stage). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fjarlægð (offset). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jarak (magnitude, range), antaranya (among). (various references) | |
Irish | fhad. (various references) | |
Italian | distanza (offset, range, reach, remoteness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 距離 (range). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おちこち (far and near, here and there, perspective), ディスタンス , きょり (huge profit, range), どうてい (chastity, identification, itinerary, journey, male virgin, nun, process), こうてい (affirmation, amount of work, best pupil, brotherly love, campus, emperor, filial piety, flight, high and low, leading disciple, mine-pit bottom, official, official residence, path length, place of ceremony, positive, public place, revision, rise and fall, run, sail, work schedule), りすう (mileage, science and mathematics), りてい (mileage), ろてい (Czar, disclosure, exposure, Russian emperor), みちのり (itinerary, journey, process, way), へだたり (difference, estrangement, gap, interval), えんきん (far and near, here and there, perspective). (various references) | |
Korean | 거리. (various references) | |
Manx | join (accord, intention, remoteness, time past, volition), fojeeaght, foddid (remoteness), foddey (afar, far, long, longterm, markedly, remote, remotely), foddeeaght (hankering, homesickness, longing, nostalgia). (various references) | |
Norwegian | avstand (offset). (various references) | |
Papiamen | distansia (offset), distansha (offset). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istanceday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | distância (breadth, detachment, drive, interval, jump, length, offset, range, remove, scope, separation, way). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | distância. (various references) | |
Romanian | distanţã (aloofness, difference, elongation, interval, length, odds, offishness, range, remoteness, remove, run, space, standoffishness, step), destrãmare (teasing), depãrtare (remoteness, space), depãrta (remove), traiect, timp (age, beat, course, cycle, date, day, epoch, era, hour, length, period, season, tense, term, time, weather, while), spaţiu (aisle, capacity, elbow room, expansion, extent, room, sky, space, space bar, spread), se distanţa de (outdistance), rezervã (aloofness, budget, chill, condition, deposit, exception, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reservation, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, stand by, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, substitute, supply), rãcealã (ague, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, cool, coolness, freshness, frigidity, frost, go by, reserve, rheum), perioadã (age, cycle, date, day, epoch, era, lapse, period, repetend, season, stadium, stage, streak, term, tide, time), lãsa în urmã (leave behind, outdistance, pass), interval (aisle, gap, headway, interregnum, Interspace, interval, lapse, pause, space, space bar, while), cale (Avenue, channel, course, drive, means, path, road, route, step, stitch, Street, track, way), întrece (anticipate, beat, better, compete, exceed, head, match, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overbear, overhaul, overtake, pass, precede, predominate, surpass, top, vie). (various references) | |
Russian | расстояние (length, mileage, run, space, spacing, way, width). (various references) | |
Scottish | astar (a journey, journey; rate of speed, offset, speed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | držati na rastojanju, distancirati se (dissociate), distanca, daljina (range), relacija (relation), rastojanje, odstojanje (interval). (various references) | |
Spanish | distancia (interval, line, offset, range, reach, remoteness, way). (various references) | |
Swahili | mwendo (journey, offset, trip, voyage). (various references) | |
Swedish | distans (offset), avstånd (fetch, interval, offset, separation), sträcka (extend, haul, lap, length, reach, Rick, section, strain, stretch, sweep, tauten, way), håll (direction, hold, keep, part, side, station, stay, stich in one`s side, stitch, way). (various references) | |
Tagalog | layo, layò (offset), agwát (offset). (various references) | |
Turkish | uzakta tutmak, uzaklık (breadth, remove, space), uzak olma, uzağa koymak, soğukluk (apathy, bleakness, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frost, frostiness, ill blood, inclemency, inhospitality, phlegm, standoff, stolidity, wintriness), mesafe (breadth, interval, journey, margin, remove, shoot, space, span, way), geride bırakmak (have the drop on, leave astern, leave behind, outdistance, outpace, outstrip, set back, shoot ahead of, walk away), geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), araya mesafe koyma, ara (break, breather, breathing space, bye-, cessation, chasm, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, gap, interim, interlocutory, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, interregnum, interruption, Interspace, interval, lull, mediate, meso-, recess, recessional, recreation, respite, secondary, space, spacing, spread, stand down, surcease, time lag, time out, truce, 'tween), açıklık (aperture, baldness, berth, clarity, clearance, clearness, definiteness, demonstrativeness, directness, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, erectness, evidence, fairness, gap, interstice, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, palpability, patency, perspicuity, plainness, preciseness, publicity, rift, roundness, space, spread, straightforwardness, the open, vacancy, yard). (various references) | |
Turkmen | uzaklyk (distance 1, length, longitude), menzil (distance 1), magallaklamak (appear in the, distance 2), gaзa durmak (avoid, keep at a distance), aralyk (distance 1, interval, middle-sized). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стриманість (chastity, continence, control, demureness, offishness, restraint, reticence, self restraint, temper), розміщувати на відстані, відстань (extent, length, remove), віддаляти (alienate, estrange, set apart), несхожість (difference, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, inequality, otherness), далеко випереджати, дистанція (course, race). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thái độ xa cách, sự cách biệt, phía xa thái độ cách biệt, khoảng cách, đằng xa. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffordd (road, route, way). (various references) | |
Yucatec | naachil (offset). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. us. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amplius, distantia, distantiam, intervallo, intervallum, loginquitas, paululum, spatia, spatii, spatiis, spatio, spatium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 49 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eisthkeisan de panteV oi gnwstoi autou makroqen kai gunaikeV ai sunakolouqhsasai autw apo thV galilaiaV orwsai tauta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Stabant autem omnes noti eius a longe et mulieres quae secutae erant eum a Galilaea haec videntes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa stodon ealle hys cuþan feorran: and þa wif þe him fyligdon fram galilea þas þing geseonde: |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But alle his knowun stoden afer, and wymmen that sueden hym fro Galile, seynge these thingis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And all his acquayntaunce and the wemen that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thinges. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off beholding these things. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 49 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang iyang tanang mga kaila ug ang mga babaye nga mikuyog kaniya sukad pa sa Galilea, nanagtindog nga nagpaantaw ug nakakita niining mga butanga. |
| Croatian | Stajahu podalje i gledahu to svi znanci njegovi i žene koje su za njim išle iz Galileje. |
| Danish | Men alle hans Kyndinge stode langt borte, ligeså de Kvinder, som fulgte med ham fra Galilæa, og så dette. |
| Dutch | En al Zijn bekenden stonden van verre, ook de vrouwen, die Hem te zamen gevolgd waren van Galilea, en zagen dit aan. |
| Finnish | Mutta kaikki hänen tuttavansa seisoivat taampana, myöskin naiset, jotka olivat seuranneet häntä Galileasta, ja katselivat tätä. |
| French | Tous ceux de la connaissance de Jésus, et les femmes qui l`avaient accompagné depuis la Galilée, se tenaient dans l`éloignement et regardaient ce qui se passait. |
| German | Es standen aber alle seine Bekannten von ferne und die Weiber, die ihm aus Galiläa waren nachgefolgt, und sahen das alles. |
| Haitian Creole | Tout zanmi Jezi yo te rete yon ti jan lwen ansanm ak fanm ki t'ap mache avè l' yo depi nan peyi Galile. Yo tout t'ap gade sak t'ap pase. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan semua kenalan Yesus, termasuk wanita-wanita yang mengikuti Dia dari Galilea, berdiri dari jauh dan melihat semuanya itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala kenal-kenalannya dan juga perempuan-perempuan yang sudah mengikut Yesus dari Galilea, berdiri dari jauh memandang segala perkara ini. |
| Italian | Tutti i suoi conoscenti assistevano da lontano e così le donne che lo avevano seguito fin dalla Galilea, osservando questi avvenimenti. |
| Maori | A ko te hunga katoa i mohio ki a ia, ratou ko nga wahine i aru mai i a ia i Kariri, i tu mai i tawhiti, matakitaki ai ki enei mea. |
| Norwegian | Men alle hans kjenninger og de kvinner som hadde fulgt ham fra Galilea, stod langt borte og så dette. |
| Portuguese | Entretanto, todos os conhecidos de Jesus, e as mulheres que o haviam seguido desde a Galiléia, estavam de longe vendo estas coisas. |
| Rumanian | Toyi cunoscuyii lui Isus wi femeile, cari -L knsoyiserq din Galilea, stqteau departe, wi se uitau la cele ce se petreceau. |
| Russian | чУЕ ЦЕ, ЪОБЧЫЙЕ еЗП, Й ЦЕОЭЙОЩ, УМЕДПЧБЧЫЙЕ ЪБ оЙН ЙЪ зБМЙМЕЙ, УФПСМЙ ЧДБМЙ Й УНПФТЕМЙ ОБ ЬФП. |
| Shuar | Tura Jesusa amikrisha tura nuwa Kariréanmaya Niin nemariarmia nusha íkian wajasar ii wajarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero todos sus conocidos, y las mujeres que le habían seguido desde Galilea, se quedaron lejos, mirando estas cosas. |
| Swahili | Marafiki zake wote pamoja na wale wanawake walioandamana naye kutoka Galilaya, walisimama kwa mbali kutazama tukio hilo. |
| Swedish | Men alla hans vänner stodo på avstånd och sågo detta, bland dem också några kvinnor, de som hade följt med honom från Galileen. |
| Uma | Ane hawe'ea pome'inca-na Yesus hante tobine-tobine to mpotuku' -i ngkai Galilea, mokore molaa-ra mpohilo hawe'ea to jadi' toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "distance": distanced, distances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "distance": outdistance, ultradistance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "distance": outdistanced, outdistances, ultradistances. (additional references) | |
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"Distance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Diktene, D'islande, Dispagne, distanc, distancs, distans, distinc, distince, istance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "distance" (pronounced di"stuns) |
| 6 | -i" s t u n s | assistance, coexistence, consistence, existence, insistence, persistence, resistance, subsistence. |
| 5 | -s t u n s | instance, substance. |
| 4 | -t u n s | acceptance, acquaintance, admittance, capacitance, competence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inductance, inheritance, omnipotence, pittance, reluctance, remittance, repentance, sentence. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acetins, candies, cineast, decants, descant, destain, detains, discant, incased, instead, sainted, scanted, stained. | |
-2 letters: acetin, actins, antics, ascend, ascent, cadent, cadets, canids, canted, casein, centai, centas, dances, decant, detain, dicast, edicts, enacts, enatic, incase, incest, insect, nastic, nicads, nicest, sained, secant, stance, staned, teinds, tenias, tineas, tisane. | |
-3 letters: acids, acned, acnes, acted, actin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: accidents, actinides, andesitic, asyndetic, candidest, catenoids, desiccant, dicentras, discanted, distanced, distances, indicates, instanced, sonicated, syndicate. | |
+2 letters: advections, anecdotist, candidates, descanting, desiccants, desistance, diaconates, dieticians, discarnate, discrepant, disenchant, educations, fascinated, mendicants, redactions, sanctified, sanctioned, syndicated, syndicates, vindicates, wainscoted. | |
+3 letters: accidentals, acetanilids, achondrites, adjutancies, admittances, anecdotists, antisuicide, ascertained, candlestick, cantharides, carotenoids, centralised, clandestine, confidantes, confiscated, considerate, consociated, consolidate, constipated, constrained, coordinates, credentials, decimations, decorations, decussating, decussation, dedications, defecations, deracinates, desecrating, desecration, desiccating, desiccation, desistances, despatching, detoxicants, detractions, dilatancies, disenchants, disturbance, incidentals, indicatives, inductances, inosculated, intendances, interspaced, medicaments, medications, mendacities, nematicides, nematocides, outdistance, predynastic, rancidities, stanchioned, stickhandle, transcribed, wainscotted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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