#distance  the property created by the space between two objects or points
  supertype:  spatial_arrangement__spatialarrangement__spacing  the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
  subtype:  ways__way  the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways"
  subtype:  piece.distance  a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
  subtype:  mean_distance  the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
  subtype:  farness__farnes__remotenes__farawayness__farawaynes  the property of being remote
     subtype:  far_cry.farness__farcry  distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"
  subtype:  nearness__closeness__closenes  the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
     subtype:  propinquity__proximity  the property of being close together
     subtype:  adjacency__contiguity__contiguousness  the attribute of being so near as to be touching
  subtype:  wavelength  the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
  subtype:  focal_distance__focaldistance__focal_length__focallength  the distance from a lens to its focus
  subtype:  hyperfocal_distance  the distance in front of a lens that is focused at infinity beyond which all objects are well defined and clear
  subtype:  leap  the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
  subtype:  span.distance  the distance or interval between two points
  subtype:  wheelbase  the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle
  subtype:  interval.distance__separation  the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
     subtype:  clearance.interval  the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
     subtype:  divergence  degree of spatial separation
  subtype:  remove  degree of figurative distance or separation: "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"
  subtype:  throw.distance  the distance that something can be thrown; "it is just a stone's throw from here"
  subtype:  yardage  distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"
     subtype:  yarder  something a given number of yards long; "his drive was a 300-yarder"
  subtype:  hour.distance  distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
  subtype:  milage__mileage  distance measured in miles
  subtype:  elevation  distance of something above a reference point
     subtype:  isometry  equality of elevation above sea level
     subtype:  altitude.elevation__height  elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
        subtype:  level  height above ground: "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"
        subtype:  lowest_layer_of_clouds__ceiling  (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
        subtype:  plane_maximum_altitude__planemaximumaltitude__ceiling  maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
           subtype:  absolute_ceiling  the maximum altitude at which an air plane can maintain horizontal flight
           subtype:  combat_ceiling__service_ceiling__serviceceiling  altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate
     subtype:  ground_level__grade  the height of the ground on which something stands: "the base of the tower was below grade"
     subtype:  water_level  the level of the surface of a body of water
        subtype:  sea_level__sealevel  level of the ocean's surface esp that halfway between mean high and low tide; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth
  subtype:  hour_angle  the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
  subtype:  linear_unit  a unit of measurement of length
     subtype:  astronomy_unit__astronomyunit  a linear unit used for astronomical distances
        subtype:  light_year__lightyear  the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
        subtype:  light_hour__lighthour  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
        subtype:  light_minute__lightminute  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers
        subtype:  light_second__lightsecond  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers
        subtype:  Astronomical_Unit__AU  a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
        subtype:  parsec__secpar  a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
     subtype:  metric_linear_unit  a linear unit of distance in metric terms
        subtype:  femtometer__femtometre__fermi  a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
        subtype:  picometer__picometre__micromicron  a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
        subtype:  angstrom_unit__angstrom__A  a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
        subtype:  nanometer__nanometre__millimicron__micromillimetre  a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
        subtype:  micron__micrometer  a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
        subtype:  millimeter__millimetre__mm  a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
        subtype:  centimeter__centimetre__cm  a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
        subtype:  decimeter__decimetre__dm  a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
        subtype:  meter__metre__m  the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
        subtype:  decameter__dekameter__decametre__dekametre__dam__dkm  a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
        subtype:  hectometer__hectometre__hm  a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
        subtype:  kilometer__kilometre__km__klick  a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
        subtype:  myriameter__myriametre__mym  a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
     subtype:  nautical_linear_unit  a linear unit of distance used in navigation
        subtype:  international_nautical_mile__nautical_mile__mile__mi__naut_mi__knot__air_mile__airmile  a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
        subtype:  nautical_mile__naut_mi__mile__mi__geographical_mile__Admiralty_mile  a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
        subtype:  sea_mile__seamile__mile  a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
     subtype:  inch__in  a unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot
     subtype:  ft__foot  a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
     subtype:  footer  (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer" or "the golfer sank a 40-footer" or "his yacht is a 60-footer"
     subtype:  yard__pace  a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
     subtype:  perch.linear_unit__rod  (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
     subtype:  furlong  a unit of length equal to 220 yards
     subtype:  statute_mile__statutemile__mile__stat_mi__land_mile__mi  a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
     subtype:  half_mile__880_yards__880yard  a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
     subtype:  quarter_mile__quartermile__440_yards__440yard  a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
     subtype:  league.linear_unit  an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
     subtype:  ligne  a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
     subtype:  nail.linear_unit  a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
     subtype:  archine  a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
     subtype:  kos__ko__coss  an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities
     subtype:  vara  a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
     subtype:  verst  a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
     subtype:  cable_length__cablelength__cable__cable's_length__cable'slength  a nautical unit of depth
     subtype:  chain.linear_unit  a unit of length
        subtype:  Gunter's_chain  a unit of length (22 yards)
        subtype:  engineer's_chain  a unit of length (100 ft)
        subtype:  nautical_chain  a nautical unit of length (15 ft)
     subtype:  cubit  an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
     subtype:  fingerbreadth__finger__finger's_breadth__digit  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
     subtype:  body_length  the length of your body
     subtype:  handbreadth__handsbreadth  any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
        subtype:  hand.handbreadth  a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
     subtype:  head.linear_unit  the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
     subtype:  lea  a unit of length of thread or yarn
     subtype:  li  Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
     subtype:  link.linear_unit  a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
     subtype:  mesh  the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen" or "100 mesh powdered cellulose"
     subtype:  mil  a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
     subtype:  Swedish_mile__mile  a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
     subtype:  Roman_mile__mile  an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
     subtype:  Roman_pace  an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground
     subtype:  geometric_pace__geometricpace  a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
     subtype:  military_pace  the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
     subtype:  palm  a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
     subtype:  span.linear_unit  a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
     subtype:  fthm__fathom  a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
     subtype:  point.linear_unit  a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
     subtype:  pica_em__em__pica  a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
     subtype:  en__nut  half the width of an em
     subtype:  cicero  a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
  subtype:  length.distance  the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"
     subtype:  circumference  the length of the closed curve of a circle
     subtype:  diameter__diam  the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
        subtype:  bore__caliber__calibre  diameter of a tube or gun barrel
        subtype:  windage  bore-to-projectile difference in diameter
     subtype:  radius__r  the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
        subtype:  semidiameter  the apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth
        subtype:  radius_of_curvature  the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
     subtype:  longness.length  spatial extent
        subtype:  lengthiness__lengthines__prolongation  amount or degree or range to which something extends: "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
        subtype:  elongation.longness  the quality of being elongated
     subtype:  shortness__shortnes  the property of being of short spatial extent
     subtype:  length__distance  size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
        subtype:  leg.distance  (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
        subtype:  arm's_length__arm'slength  a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
        subtype:  light_time__lighttime  distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves); "the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately 43 minutes"
        subtype:  skip_distance  the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
        subtype:  wingspan__wingspread  linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
        subtype:  wingspread  distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
        subtype:  altitude  the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to opposite vertex (or side if parallel)

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