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See also: équidistant
English
Alternative forms
- æquidistant (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequī (“equal”) + distantem (“distant”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛk.wɪˈdɪs.tənt/, /ˌiː.kwɪˈdɪs.tənt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌi.kwəˈdɪs.tənt/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (New Jersey): (file)
Adjective
equidistant (not comparable)
- Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
- Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
- (cartography) Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.
Derived terms
Translations
occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points
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cartography: describing a map projection that preserves scale
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Further reading
- “equidistant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aequidistantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ki.ðisˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ki.ðisˈtant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.ki.ðisˈtant]
Adjective
equidistant m or f (masculine and feminine plural equidistants)
Related terms
Further reading
- “equidistant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French équidistant, from Latin aequidistāns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
equidistant (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of equidistant | ||||
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uninflected | equidistant | |||
inflected | equidistante | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | equidistant | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | equidistante | ||
n. sing. | equidistant | |||
plural | equidistante | |||
definite | equidistante | |||
partitive | equidistants |
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