equidistantadj.

/iːkwɪˈdɪstənt/

Etymology: < French équidistant, < late Latin aequidistant-em , < aequi- (see equi- comb. form) + distant-em standing apart, distant adj. and n.

1. Separated by an equal distance or equal distances. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adjective] > equidistant

equidistantly?a1560

equidistant1593

equijacent1662

1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 14 Draw the line H. I. equidistant from A. B. or K. L.

1613 J. Donne Elegie Prince Henry in J. Sylvester Lachrymae Lachrimarum (ed. 3) sig. E Quotidian things, and Equi-distant hence, Shut-in for Men in one circumference.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 293 They would be equidistant from that Tropick.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 590 The situation of this metropolis is..equi-distant from the northern and southern extremities of the Union.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 178 My opinions..were almost equi-distant from all the three prominent parties.

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xii. 54 The (4) parts should be kept..equidistant.

2. Always preserving the same distance (from another line, etc.); parallel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adjective]

concurrent1495

gemew1523

collaterala1527

parallelc1550

equidistant1570

lateral1598

non-concurring1705

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 6^v Parallel or equidistant right lines.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. ix. 208 It is contained betwixt two æquidistant circles.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 195 The back..hath several semicircular equidistant strakes down to the belly.

1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening vi. 88 The banks of a natural river are never equidistant.

1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xi. 240 I..found the two lines everywhere equidistant.

3. equidistant projection n. a mode of mapping a sphere, where the ‘centre of projection’ is one reached by producing the diameter by a line equal to half the chord of a quadrant of the sphere.

ΚΠ

1866 R. A. Proctor Handbk. Stars 20 The equidistant projection.

1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 13.

Derivatives

equiˈdistantly adv. so as to be equidistant, at an equal distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adjective] > equidistant

equidistantly?a1560

equidistant1593

equijacent1662

the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adverb]

collaterally?a1475

equidistantly?a1560

parallelwise1599

parallelly1607

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. Def. sig. Biv Two right lines..equedistantly placed.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 188 The Liver..doth equidistantly communicate its activity unto either arme.

1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 598/2 These parts..when spread out equidistantly from each other.

1873 J. Fergusson in H. B. Tristram Land of Moab 377 The heads of the arches spaced equi-distantly with those on the flanks.

† equiˈdistantness n. Obsolete = equidistance n.

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1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Equidistantness, a being equidistant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	equidistant
释义	equidistantadj. /iːkwɪˈdɪstənt/ Etymology: < French équidistant, < late Latin aequidistant-em , < aequi- (see equi- comb. form) + distant-em standing apart, distant adj. and n. 1. Separated by an equal distance or equal distances. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adjective] > equidistant equidistantly?a1560 equidistant1593 equijacent1662 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 14 Draw the line H. I. equidistant from A. B. or K. L. 1613 J. Donne Elegie Prince Henry in J. Sylvester Lachrymae Lachrimarum (ed. 3) sig. E Quotidian things, and Equi-distant hence, Shut-in for Men in one circumference. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 293 They would be equidistant from that Tropick. View more context for this quotation 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 590 The situation of this metropolis is..equi-distant from the northern and southern extremities of the Union. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 178 My opinions..were almost equi-distant from all the three prominent parties. 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xii. 54 The (4) parts should be kept..equidistant. 2. Always preserving the same distance (from another line, etc.); parallel. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adjective] concurrent1495 gemew1523 collaterala1527 parallelc1550 equidistant1570 lateral1598 non-concurring1705 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 6^v Parallel or equidistant right lines. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. ix. 208 It is contained betwixt two æquidistant circles. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 195 The back..hath several semicircular equidistant strakes down to the belly. 1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening vi. 88 The banks of a natural river are never equidistant. 1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xi. 240 I..found the two lines everywhere equidistant. 3. equidistant projection n. a mode of mapping a sphere, where the ‘centre of projection’ is one reached by producing the diameter by a line equal to half the chord of a quadrant of the sphere. ΚΠ 1866 R. A. Proctor Handbk. Stars 20 The equidistant projection. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 13. Derivatives equiˈdistantly adv. so as to be equidistant, at an equal distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adjective] > equidistant equidistantly?a1560 equidistant1593 equijacent1662 the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adverb] collaterally?a1475 equidistantly?a1560 parallelwise1599 parallelly1607 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. Def. sig. Biv Two right lines..equedistantly placed. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 188 The Liver..doth equidistantly communicate its activity unto either arme. View more context for this quotation 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 598/2 These parts..when spread out equidistantly from each other. 1873 J. Fergusson in H. B. Tristram Land of Moab 377 The heads of the arches spaced equi-distantly with those on the flanks. † equiˈdistantness n. Obsolete = equidistance n. ΚΠ 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Equidistantness, a being equidistant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?a1560
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