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distance can refer to a qualitative measurement of separation, such as social distance or psychological distance. The distance between physical locations...

The Distance may refer to: The distance (boxing), type of boxing match "The Distance" (The O.C.), a second season TV episode of The O.C. "The Distance" (The...

multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each...

In the Distance is a 2017 novel by writer and professor Hernán Diaz. The story recounts the life of Håkan, a Swedish emigrant who is separated from his...

be referred to as edit distance, although that term may also denote a larger family of distance metrics known collectively as edit distance.: 32  It is...

routing protocols measure the distance by the number of routers a packet has to pass; one router counts as one hop. Some distance-vector protocols also take...

A distance transform, also known as distance map or distance field, is a derived representation of a digital image. The choice of the term depends on the...

computing distances between different types of objects, such as the distance from a point to a line. In advanced mathematics, the concept of distance has been...

Pupillary distance (PD), more correctly known as interpupillary distance (IPD) is the distance in millimeters between the centers of each pupil. Distance PD...

instantaneous Earth–Moon distance, or distance to the Moon, is the distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. Lunar distance (LD or Δ ⊕ L {\textstyle...

Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner...

length defined to be exactly equal to 149,597,870,700 m. Historically, the astronomical unit was conceived as the average Earth-Sun distance (the average...

Distance measures are used in physical cosmology to give a natural notion of the distance between two objects or events in the universe. They are often...

In information theory, the Hamming distance between two strings or vectors of equal length is the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols...

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and...

cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial...

The Distance to Here is the fifth studio album by the band Live, released in 1999. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 138,000 copies in its...

Middle distance may refer to: Middle-distance running, the act of running over a distance of between 800 and 3000 metres Middle-distance swimming, the...

Geographical distance or geodetic distance is the distance measured along the surface of the Earth, or the shortest arch length. The formulae in this...

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic...