Search references for DISTANT. Phrases containing DISTANT
See searches and references containing DISTANT!DISTANT
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up distant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Distant may refer to: Distant (album), an album by Sarge, or the title track Distant (2002 film), the
Distant
Film by Josh Gordon and Will Speck
and November 2020. Originally scheduled to be released theatrically as Distant on March 11, 2022, by Universal Pictures, Long Distance was delayed several
Long_Distance_(2024_film)
This article lists the most distant astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified. An alternative
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Thunder (or A Distant Thunder) may refer to: Distant Thunder (1973 film), a film by Indian director Satyajit Ray Distant Thunder (1988 film), a
Distant_Thunder
Comic book series
A Distant Soil is an epic space opera comic book series published by American company Image Comics, combining science fiction and fantasy with Arthurian
A_Distant_Soil
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Shores or Distant Shore may refer to: Distant Shores (UK TV series), a British dramedic television series Distant Shores (album), a 1966 album
Distant_Shores
The Distants were an American indie rock band, based out of Los Angeles, California. Guinevere King: Vocals David Kelly: Guitar Jamie Douglass: Drums Steve
The_Distants
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Worlds may refer to: "Distant Worlds", a song from the video game Final Fantasy XI Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, a series of concerts
Distant_Worlds
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Lights may refer to: Distant Lights (1987 film), an Italian science fiction thriller Distant Lights (2003 film), a German drama Distant Lights
Distant_Lights
This is a list of the most distant individually seen stars discovered, a list of the most distant stars that are separately known, resolved as individual
List_of_most_distant_stars
1951 film by Raoul Walsh
Distant Drums is a 1951 American Florida Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper. It is set during the Second Seminole War in the
Distant_Drums
Particularly distant objects take several years of observations to establish a crude orbit solution before being announced. For instance, the most distant known
List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun
List_of_Solar_System_objects_most_distant_from_the_Sun
Topics referred to by the same term
A Distant Shore may refer to: A Distant Shore (album), an album by Tracey Thorn A Distant Shore (novel), a novel by Caryl Phillips A Distant Shore: African
A_Distant_Shore
23rd episode of the 3rd season of Star Trek: Voyager
"Distant Origin" is the 65th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 23rd episode of the third season. The episode aired on UPN on April 30, 1997. Voyager
Distant_Origin
Deathcore band
Distant is a deathcore band from the Netherlands and Slovakia formed in 2014. Formed in 2014, the band's first album, Tyrannotophia, came out in 2019
Distant_(band)
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Light may refer to: Distant Light (novel), a 2013 novel by Antonio Moresco Distant Light (Alex Lloyd album), 2003 Distant Light (The Hollies album)
Distant_Light
American animated television limited series
Adventure Time: Distant Lands is an American animated anthology television limited series developed by Adam Muto and produced by Frederator Studios and
Adventure_Time:_Distant_Lands
Album by ATB
Distant Earth is German producer André "ATB" Tanneberger's eighth studio album, which was released on 29 April 2011, by Kontor Records. It features 2
Distant_Earth
2020 short film
Two Distant Strangers is a 2020 American short film written by Travon Free and directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe. The film examines the deaths of
Two_Distant_Strangers
Song by Marvin Gaye
"Distant Lover" is the sixth song issued on singer Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, Let's Get It On and the B-side of the second single from that album, "Come
Distant_Lover
1978 history book by Barbara Tuchman
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century is a narrative history book by the American historian Barbara Tuchman, first published by Alfred A. Knopf
A_Distant_Mirror
Hypothetical Solar System planet
that an undiscovered planet may be shepherding the orbits of the most distant known Solar System objects. Nonetheless, some astronomers question this
Planet_Nine
2014 studio album by Anathema
Distant Satellites (stylised as distant satellites) is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released in June 2014 via Kscope
Distant_Satellites
Short story by Paul Bowles
"A Distant Episode" is a short story by Paul Bowles. Written in 1945, it was first published in the Partisan Review (January–February 1947) and republished
A_Distant_Episode
List of large explosions
Sailor Hat TNT 3 tests × 500 short tons (450 t) Kaho'olawe, Hawaii 1965 Distant Plain Propane or methane 20 short tons (18 t) Suffield Experimental Station
Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions
Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions
Study of literary data
Distant reading is an approach in literary studies that applies computational methods to literary data, usually derived from large digital libraries,
Distant_reading
Species of plant
plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae, known by the common names distant phacelia and distant scorpionweed. It is native to the southwestern United States
Phacelia_distans
2010 studio album by Nas and Damian Marley
Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae vocalist Damian Marley. It was released on May 18, 2010,
Distant_Relatives
1973 film by Satyajit Ray
Distant Thunder (Bengali: অশনি সংকেত; translit. Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same
Distant_Thunder_(1973_film)
All of space observable from the Earth at the present
light from distant galaxies will have had more time to travel, so one might expect that additional regions will become observable. Regions distant from observers
Observable_universe
1984 single by Rush
"Distant Early Warning" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as a single and as the lead track on their tenth studio album Grace Under
Distant_Early_Warning_(song)
2010 novel by Kate Morton
The Distant Hours is the third novel by Australian author Kate Morton. The hardback edition was published in the United Kingdom by Pan Macmillan in November
The_Distant_Hours
Experimental film project by Francis Ford Coppola
Distant Vision is an ongoing experimental film project by Francis Ford Coppola. Different versions of this production have been broadcast to limited audiences
Distant_Vision
1993 single by Crowded House
"Distant Sun" is a song by New Zealand-Australian band Crowded House, released in September 1993 by Capitol Records as the first single from their fourth
Distant_Sun
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Voices may refer to: Distant Voices, by Barbara Erskine 1996 Distant Voices, by John Pilger 1994 Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), a 1988 British
Distant_Voices
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Past may refer to: "Distant Past" (song), by Everything Everything Distant Past (album), by Monster Magnet (2001) Distant Past (Desperate Housewives)
Distant_Past
1986 English-language utopian novel by Arthur C. Clarke
The Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, based upon his 1958 short story of the same title. Of all
The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth
American journalist
leaving TMZ in 2019, he went on to produce several films, including Two Distant Strangers, which won the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 93rd
Van_Lathan
Novel by Taichi Yamada
In Search of a Distant Voice (Japanese: 遠くの声を捜して, Hepburn: Toku no Koe wo Sagashite) is a novel by Japanese writer Taichi Yamada. It was first published
In_Search_of_a_Distant_Voice
Active galactic nucleus (AGN) containing a supermassive black hole
about 600 million light-years from Earth, while the record for the most distant known AGN is at a redshift of 10.1, corresponding to a comoving distance
Quasar
2016 video game
corresponding "Apocalypse" DLC. The 2.1 (Niven) update, released alongside the "Distant Stars" DLC in May, revamped the base game play loop and added more quality-of-life
Stellaris_(video_game)
as the most distant supernova ever. List of largest cosmic structures List of the most distant astronomical objects List of most distant stars List of
List of most distant supernovae
List_of_most_distant_supernovae
Minor planets orbiting in the outer Solar system beyond Jupiter
A distant minor planet, or distant object, is any minor planet found beyond Jupiter in the outer Solar System that is not commonly thought of as an "asteroid"
Distant_minor_planet
2010 video game
Distant Worlds is a real-time grand strategy wargame developed by Code Force and published by Matrix Games. Distant Worlds was released on March 25, 2010
Distant_Worlds_(video_game)
2002 Turkish film
Uzak (pronounced [uˈzac], Distant in North America) is a 2002 Turkish drama film written, produced, shot and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film won
Uzak
2007 EP by Flight of the Conchords
The Distant Future is an EP by New Zealand folk-parody duo Flight of the Conchords, released on August 7, 2007. It was certified Gold in New Zealand on
The_Distant_Future
2022 video game
Distant Worlds 2 is a 4X video game developed by Code Force and published by Slitherine Software. It was released for Windows on March 10, 2022 and is
Distant_Worlds_2
Distant Constellation is a 2017 documentary film directed by Shevaun Mizrahi. It was nominated for a 2018 Independent Spirit Award and included in Film
Distant_Constellation
1971 studio album by The Hollies
Distant Light is a 1971 album by the Hollies. It is their 11th UK album, their last to be released before the brief departure of lead vocalist and founding
Distant_Light_(Hollies_album)
2013 novel by Antonio Moresco
Distant Light (Italian: La lucina, lit. 'The Little Light') is a 2013 novel by the Italian writer Antonio Moresco. It is a meditative story about a man
Distant_Light_(novel)
2022 Russian comedy drama film
Distant Loved Ones (Russian: Далёкие близкие, romanized: Dalyokiye blizkiye, lit. 'distant close') is a 2022 Russian road comedy drama film directed by
Distant_Loved_Ones
Certain Distant Suns is an alternative rock band that was present on the Chicago music scene of the early 1990s. Justin Mroz (vocals, guitar) and Lance
Certain_Distant_Suns
Scattered disc object
perihelion of 38 AU in 2142. The discoverers have nicknamed it "DeeDee" for "Distant Dwarf". 2014 UZ224 was discovered by a team led by David Gerdes using data
2014_UZ224
2021 studio album by Quicksand
Distant Populations is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Quicksand. The album was released digitally on August 13, 2021 through Epitaph
Distant_Populations
Detecting Earth as an exoplanet
astronomers to detect distant exoplanets from Earth. Theoretically, some of these methods can be used to detect Earth as an exoplanet from distant star systems
Detecting Earth from distant star-based systems
Detecting_Earth_from_distant_star-based_systems
Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi
A Distant Neighborhood (Japanese: 遥かな町へ, Hepburn: Harukana Machi e) is a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. It was adapted into a live-action French-Belgian
A_Distant_Neighborhood
2025 film
production company. Anant Singh served as an executive producer under his Distant Horizon production company. Harry Grivakis, Ernie Grivakis, Javi Hernandez
Maya_&_Samar
Eye condition in which light is focused behind instead of on the retina
long-sightedness, hypermetropia, and hyperopia, is a condition of the eye where distant objects are seen clearly but near objects appear blurred. This blur is
Farsightedness
2010 film directed by Sam Garbarski
A Distant Neighborhood (French: Quartier Lointain) is a 2010 internationally co-produced fantasy film directed by Sam Garbarski. The screenplay, written
A_Distant_Neighborhood_(film)
1996 novel by Roberto Bolaño
Distant Star (Spanish: Estrella distante) is a novella by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, first published in Spanish in 1996. Chris Andrews’s English translation
Distant_Star
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Sky may refer to: A 2016 song by Rhapsody of Fire from the album Into the Legend A 2016 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from the album Skeleton
Distant_Sky
American rhythm and blues group
Williams, Elbridge "Al" Bryant, and Melvin Franklin of (Otis Williams &) The Distants, and Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams of The Primes. In 1964, Bryant was
The_Temptations
2020 live album by Dream Theater
Distant Memories – Live in London is the ninth live album and video by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Recorded on February 21 and 22,
Distant Memories – Live in London
Distant_Memories_–_Live_in_London
2018 studio album by Vola
Applause of a Distant Crowd is the second studio album by Danish progressive metal band Vola, released on 12 October 2018 through Mascot Records. Music
Applause_of_a_Distant_Crowd
1991 studio album by the Magnetic Fields
Distant Plastic Trees is the debut studio album by American indie pop band the Magnetic Fields, released in 1991. The lead vocals on the album are performed
Distant_Plastic_Trees
India's public service broadcaster
Doordarshan (lit. 'distant vision, television'), abbreviated as DD, is India's state-owned public television broadcaster. Established by the Government
Doordarshan
2005 studio album by Susumu Yokota & Rothko
Distant Sounds of Summer is a collaborative studio album by Susumu Yokota & Rothko, released on Lo Recordings in 2005. It features vocal contributions
Distant_Sounds_of_Summer
determined in 1991, at z=2.237, by which time, it would no longer be the most distant galaxy known. An absorption drop was discovered in 1985 in the light spectrum
List_of_galaxies
Spreading of a disease inside a body
fusion cells (CFCs). Understanding the enigma of cancer cell spread to distant sites, which accounts for over 90% of cancer-related deaths, necessitates
Metastasis
1997 North Korean film
Myself in the Distant Future (Korean: 먼 후날의 나의 모습) is a 1997 North Korean film directed by Jang In-hak. A young man falls in love with the leader of a
Myself_in_the_Distant_Future
1992 Australian TV series or program
The Distant Home is an Australian TV movie about a couple who discover their daughter is an alien. Jim and Maria Harrison are an ordinary couple living
The_Distant_Home
Lyman-break galaxy in the constellation Sextans
MoM-z14 is the most distant known galaxy, with a redshift of z = 14.44. The galaxy was first imaged on May 16, 2025 by the NIRcam instrument aboard the
MoM-z14
Topics referred to by the same term
Distant Early Warning may refer to: Distant Early Warning Line, a series of radar stations in the Arctic, operated during the Cold War by the United States
Distant_Early_Warning
1958 Soviet film
On distant shores (Azerbaijani: Uzaq sahillərdə) is a 1958 Soviet-era Azerbaijani war film. Co-written by Imran Gasimov, Hasan Seyidbeyli, directed by
On_Distant_Shores
1964 film by Raoul Walsh
A Distant Trumpet is a 1964 American Western film, the last directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette and Diane McBain. The screenplay
A_Distant_Trumpet
American indie pop band
Distant Cousins is an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2013, the band is composed of Dov Rosenblatt, Duvid Swirsky, and
Distant Cousins (American band)
Distant_Cousins_(American_band)
Massive tsunamis that strike a thousand kilometers or more from their source
ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined
Teletsunami
2002 Japanese film by Makoto Shinkai
Voices of a Distant Star (Japanese: ほしのこえ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Koe; lit. 'Voice of the Stars') is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA)
Voices_of_a_Distant_Star
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles; or, The Book of Galehaut Retold, by Patricia Terry and Samuel N. Rosenberg, is a modern retelling of a narrative
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles
Lancelot_and_the_Lord_of_the_Distant_Isles
1994 studio album by Mike Oldfield
The Songs of Distant Earth is the sixteenth studio album by English musician, songwriter and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 21 November 1994 by WEA
The Songs of Distant Earth (album)
The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth_(album)
2019 studio album by Sheer Mag
A Distant Call is the second studio album by American band Sheer Mag. It was released on August 23, 2019, through the band's own label; Wilsuns Recording
A_Distant_Call
Type of spacecraft orbit
In orbital mechanics, a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) is an highly stable retrograde orbit around the smaller of two bodies, passing outside the system's
Distant_retrograde_orbit
Genus of true bugs
Asian planthoppers in the subtribe Drabescina, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1918. The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes: Carvaka bigeminata
Carvaka
2023 South Korean film
A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea (Korean: 절해고도; RR: Jeolhaegodo) is a 2021 South Korean drama film written and directed by Kim Mi-young. The film won
A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea
A_Lonely_Island_in_the_Distant_Sea
1997 studio album by Hawkwind
Distant Horizons is the twenty-first studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1997. Towards the end of 1996, Jerry Richards
Distant_Horizons
1949 Czech film
Distant Journey (Czech: Daleká cesta) is a Czechoslovak film about the Holocaust directed by Alfréd Radok and released in 1949, not long after World War
Distant_Journey
1952 British film by Terence Fisher
Distant Trumpet is a 1952 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Derek Bond and Jean Patterson. It was written
Distant_Trumpet
2014 studio album by Vanishing Point
Distant Is the Sun is the fifth album by the Australian melodic metal band Vanishing Point. Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica made a guest appearance on "Circle
Distant_Is_the_Sun
English band from Manchester
Distant Cousins were an English band from Manchester. They are grouped within the Madchester scene, though the music was a blend of soul and pop. The
Distant_Cousins
Solar system objects beyond Neptune
the scattered disc and detached objects with the sednoids being the most distant ones. As of February 2025, the catalog of minor planets contains 1006 numbered
Trans-Neptunian_object
Japanese filmmaker and animator (born 1973)
Cat (1999). Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut
Makoto_Shinkai
Orbit around the barycenter of the Sun
('heliocentric' in a strict sense). The outer planets, and other more distant objects, tend to orbit points close to the barycenter of the Solar System
Heliocentric_orbit
Distant Memories is the third piece from Alexina Louie's Music for Piano. It was commissioned by the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects in 1982
Distant_Memories
2017 studio album by Renée Fleming
Distant Light is an album by American soprano Renée Fleming. It was released on January 20, 2017, by Decca Records. Richard Morrison of The Times described
Distant Light (Renée Fleming album)
Distant_Light_(Renée_Fleming_album)
1966 studio album by Chad & Jeremy
Distant Shores is the fifth studio album by the English duo Chad & Jeremy. It was released on 15 August 1966. Distant Shores was recorded between November
Distant_Shores_(album)
Unit of length in astronomy
the naked eye are within a few hundred parsecs of the Sun, with the most distant at a few thousand parsecs, and the Andromeda Galaxy at over 700,000 parsecs
Parsec
Distant body in the outer Solar System
Oort cloud, as its perihelion at 76.2 AU (11.4 billion km) is far too distant for it to have been scattered by any of the known planets. It has since
Sedna_(dwarf_planet)
1988 studio album by Aswad
Distant Thunder is a studio album by British reggae band Aswad, released in March 1988 through Mango Records. The recording sessions took place at the
Distant_Thunder_(album)
Optical phenomenon
land, in polar regions, or in deserts. It may involve almost any kind of distant object, including boats, islands, and the coastline. Often, a Fata Morgana
Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
Distant Drummer was a 1960s counterculture underground newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States from November 1967 to July 1979
Distant_Drummer
DISTANT
DISTANT
Surname or Lastname
Southern Irish
Southern Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cath ‘battle’. Compare Kane.Irish : occasionally an Anglicized form of Ó Céin ‘descendant of Cian’, a personal name meaning ‘distant’, ‘long’.English : variant spelling of Keen.Americanized spelling of German Kühn(e) (see Kuehn).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a gray-haired man, from Middle English grice, gris ‘gray’ (Old French gris, apparently of Germanic origin, and probably a distant cognate of Gray 1).English : from Middle English grice, grise ‘pig’ (Old Norse grÃss, probably akin to 1), hence a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or a nickname.English : Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Greis.
Female
Irish
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Cian, CIANNAIT means "ancient, distant."
Boy/Male
African, American, British, Celtic, Christian, English, French, Gaelic, Irish, Jamaican
Ancient; Little Ancient One; Small and Ancient; Distant
Female
Japanese
(1-亮, 2-é¼, 3-è«’, 4-æ¶¼) Japanese unisex name RYO means 1) "brightness," 2) "distant," 3) "reality," 4) "refreshing."
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic name CIAN means "ancient, distant." In mythology, this is the name of the son-in-law of Brian Boru.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus. This meaning, which ousted the native sense, came too late to be found as a place name element, but may lie behind some examples of the surname.Part translation of French Beaulac.
Boy/Male
Egyptian
He who brings back the distant one.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Grace of God, Ancient or distant
Boy/Male
Hindu
Grace of God, Ancient or distant (Celebrity Name: Karishma Kapoor)
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Brings back the distant one.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Distant
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Another Name for God; Away; Distant
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Gaelic, Irish, Welsh
Sharp; Warrior's Son; Ancient; Beautiful; Distant
Boy/Male
Hindu
Grace of God, Ancient or distant
Male
Greek
(ὩÏος) Greek form of Egyptian Hor, HOROS means "the distant one." In mythology, this is the name of the son of Isis, a falcon-headed god of the sky.
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Christian, Danish, Gaelic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Parsi, Persian, Punjabi, Telugu
Kings; Royal; Ancient; Distant; Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Distant
Boy/Male
Tamil
Grace of God, Ancient or distant (Celebrity Name: Karishma Kapoor)
Boy/Male
British, Christian, Danish, English, Irish
Sharp; Ancient; Fighter; Eye; Distant
DISTANT
DISTANT
Girl/Female
Tamil
Suhayla | ஸà¯à®¹à®¯à¯à®²à®¾
Smooth, Soft ground, Fluent, Flowing style
Boy/Male
Tamil
Indumat | இநà¯à®¤à¯à®®à®¤
Respected by Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
The Love Stands Forever in the World
Girl/Female
American, British, English, French, Greek
Appearance of God; Revelation of God; God Appears to her
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French chanterie, a term which originally meant the singing or chanting of a mass, but later came to denote in turn the endowment of a priest to sing mass daily on behalf of the souls of the dead, the priest so endowed, and eventually the chapel where he officiated. The surname therefore may have arisen from a metonymic occupational name for the servant of a chantry priest, or possibly for the priest himself, or alternatively from a topographic name for someone who lived by a chantry chapel.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Beloved of Victory
Girl/Female
Italian
Revered.
Girl/Female
Indian
(Daughter of al Mahdi)
Girl/Female
British, English, French, German, Teutonic
Mighty Battle Maiden
Male
Italian
Italian name derived from Roman Latin Fabius, FABIO means "bean."
DISTANT
DISTANT
DISTANT
DISTANT
DISTANT
v. i.
To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.
n.
A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
n.
Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
n.
The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
a.
An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
n.
Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.
n.
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
a.
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
n.
The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
a.
Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
adv.
More distantly or remotely.
a.
Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
a.
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
a.
Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
a.
Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
n.
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.
n.
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
a.
Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.
a.
Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved.
a.
Distant.