in distansadv.

Brit.

/ɪn ˈdɪstanz/, U.S.

/ɪn ˈdɪstænz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in distans.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin in distans (14th cent. in agere in distans to act at a distance, in commentaries on Aristotle) < classical Latin in in prep. + distāns distant adj. and n. Compare later actio in distans n.Compare the following examples of post-classical Latin agere in distans to act at a distance, in an English context:1631 W. Foster Hoplocrisma-spongus 5 For 'tis a rule amongst both Divines and Philosophers that; Nullum agens agit in distans.1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. iii. 260 This sympathy is either communicable through means of the air, or through it self without any intermediate body, and consequently a natural action must agere in distans.

At a distance. Cf. actio in distans n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb]

wideOE

awaya1375

upon farc1380

offc1400

aferroma1425

at length?1611

in distans1645

1645 A. Ross Philos. Touch-stone 35 The fire warmeth more at a neer, then at a remoter distance: Naturall agents work not in distans.

1854 W. Mackenzie Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 4) 459 Dr. Eble, while he acknowledges the possibility of the disease being propagated per contactum, thinks that it spreads much oftener by infection in distans.

1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe viii. 311 Remote professorial minds operating in distans upon conceptual substitutes for him [sc. God] alone.

1956 Rev. Social Econ. 14 48 Power cannot effectively be exercised in distans.

2014 S. de Sanctis tr. T. Griffero Atmospheres 1 All those effects that..used to be attributed by pre-modern knowledge to a mysterious action in distans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in distans
释义	in distansadv. Brit. /ɪn ˈdɪstanz/, U.S. /ɪn ˈdɪstænz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in distans. Etymology: < post-classical Latin in distans (14th cent. in agere in distans to act at a distance, in commentaries on Aristotle) < classical Latin in in prep. + distāns distant adj. and n. Compare later actio in distans n.Compare the following examples of post-classical Latin agere in distans to act at a distance, in an English context:1631 W. Foster Hoplocrisma-spongus 5 For 'tis a rule amongst both Divines and Philosophers that; Nullum agens agit in distans.1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. iii. 260 This sympathy is either communicable through means of the air, or through it self without any intermediate body, and consequently a natural action must agere in distans. At a distance. Cf. actio in distans n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] wideOE awaya1375 upon farc1380 offc1400 aferroma1425 at length?1611 in distans1645 1645 A. Ross Philos. Touch-stone 35 The fire warmeth more at a neer, then at a remoter distance: Naturall agents work not in distans. 1854 W. Mackenzie Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 4) 459 Dr. Eble, while he acknowledges the possibility of the disease being propagated per contactum, thinks that it spreads much oftener by infection in distans. 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe viii. 311 Remote professorial minds operating in distans upon conceptual substitutes for him [sc. God] alone. 1956 Rev. Social Econ. 14 48 Power cannot effectively be exercised in distans. 2014 S. de Sanctis tr. T. Griffero Atmospheres 1 All those effects that..used to be attributed by pre-modern knowledge to a mysterious action in distans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1645
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