equidistance

See also: équidistance

English

Alternative forms

• æquidistance (archaic)

Etymology

From equi- +‎ distance.

Noun

equidistance (usually uncountable, plural equidistances)

1. (countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
   • 1862, Henry Mayhew, John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, page 308:

     The men are ranged so as to form three sides of a square, and stand three deep, each prisoner being three yards from his fellow. This equidistance gives them the appearance of chess-men set out on a board.

Related terms

• equidistant