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Definition of Distant

1. Adjective. Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance. "A distant telephone call"

2. Adjective. Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship. "Considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

3. Adjective. Remote in manner. "He was upstage with strangers"

4. Adjective. Separate or apart in time. "The remote past or future"

5. Adjective. Located far away spatially. "Remote stars"

Definition of Distant

1. a. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

Definition of Distant

1. Adjective. far off (physically, logically or mentally) ¹

2. Adjective. emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distant

1. far off or apart [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distant

distance of virtual image distance perception distance vector distance vision distanced distancer distancers distances distancing distancingly

distancings distancy distannoxane distannoxanes distannyne distant (current term) distant flap distantial distantiate distantly

distantness distantnesses distarch distaste distasted distasteful distastefull distastefully distastefulness distastes

Literary usage of Distant

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

1. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"The distant appearance of this huge building, with these singular accompaniments, is as interesting to the lovers of the picturesque, as the interior of the ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"Strips 2 mm. distant. Recorded all, All reaching to strips 2 mm. distant, ... Recorded all, 46 All reaching to strip 4 mm. distant, j 40 ii ii ii ii g ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Concentrated at each end of the rod 1 — 2 are equal masses m, m, each distant r from p. Let R equal the distance 0 — p, x the distance 0 — 1, ..."

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