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adj
Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
the same distance apart at every point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikwos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth2éh1yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin aequidistō Late Latin aequidistānsder. Middle French équidistantder. English equidistant From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequī (“equal”) + distantem (“distant”). By surface analysis, equi- + distant.
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