Definition of Distancing

1. Verb. (present participle of distance) ¹

2. Noun. The process of becoming distant. ¹

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Definition of Distancing

1. distance [v] - See also: distance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distancing

distamycins
distance ceptor
distance education
distance formula
distance formulae
distance learning
distance of virtual image
distance perception
distance vector
distance vision
distanced
distancer
distancers
distances
distancing (current term)
distancingly
distancings
distancy
distannoxane
distannoxanes
distannyne
distant
distant flap
distantial
distantiate
distantly
distantness
distantnesses
distarch

Literary usage of Distancing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"This rifle, after distancing all others in competition, was rejected by a war office committee as being of too small calibre for a military weapon. ..."

2. Men of Mark in the World of Sport in New Zealand by Joseph Chadwick (1906)
"Before he was seven years old he had received some lessons in riding, and he remembers a pony running away with him, and galloping home, distancing a small ..."

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