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<hw>Dis"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Distant</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Remote from the point of attachment or origin; <as>as, the <ex>distal</ex> end of a bone or muscle</as></def>; -- opposed to <i>proximal</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to that which is distal; <as>as, the <ex>distal</ex> tuberosities of a bone</as>.</def>

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<hw>Dis"tal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward a distal part.</def>

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<hw>Dis"tance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>distance</ets>, L. <ets>distantia</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.</def>

<blockquote>Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the <b>distance</b>. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Remoteness of place; a remote place.</def>

<blockquote>Easily managed from a <b>distance</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>'T is <b>distance</b> lends enchantment to the view. <i>T. Campbell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> waits at <b>distance</b> till he hears from Cato. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Racing)</fld> <def>A space marked out in the last part of a race course.</def>

<blockquote>The horse that ran the whole field out of <b>distance</b>. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the <i>distance</i> varies with the conditions of the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heaths, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post in placed the <i>distance post</i>. If any horse has not reached this distance post before the first horse in that heat has reached the winning post, such horse is <i>distanced</i>, and disqualified for cunning again during that race.</note>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with <i>interval</i>, which is measured from right to left.</def> "<i>Distance</i> between companies in close column is twelve yards."

<i>Farrow.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Space between two antagonists in fencing.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.</def>

<note>&hand; In a picture, the <col>Middle distance</col> is the central portion between the <i>foreground</i> and the <i>distance</i> or the <i>extreme distance</i>. In a perspective drawing, the <col>Point of distance</col> is the point where the visual rays meet.</note>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.</def>

<blockquote>Ten years' <b>distance</b> between one and the other. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The writings of Euclid at the <b>distance</b> of two thousand years. <i>Playfair.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.</def>