Meaning

(obsolete) Distant..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Distant.
2. Pertaining to distance.
3. (mathematics) Pertaining to the difference between items.

Example Sentences

[S]uch objects of virtue are more impreſſive upon or affections, then thoſe vvhich may be greater in themſelves, but more diſtantiall from our eye; […]

In order for the hypothesis to cover this fact, it would be indispensable that such objects should subtend a uniform visual angle at every distance, and that they do not do so is proof that an element has been introduced which may regulate distantial perception.

The distantial function of speed can, to a great exten , be supplemented or entirely replaced by position, but this is not the case with the combative.

Finally, a public setting puts more emphasis on working smoothly with other individuals than on a rich engagement with the affordances of the world (thus reinforcing the distantial tendency).

the distantial spread

distantial transformation

Hence, given the referents of a point, referred to a distantial system, and the Cartesian equations of the lines of reference, referred to a Cartesian system:

We defined a distantial description that describes a set of temporal sequences by their maximal common distantial subsequences, with distances between items.

Word Forms

• more distantial
• most distantial

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