Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The distance from one point to another in three-dimensional space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: broadcasting, communication, communications, media, radio
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From it being the distance measured along the usually-slanted line connecting two points in space, rather than purely the horizontal or vertical distance between the two.
