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distantial

distantial adjective: distant.

Adjective

distantial (comparative more distantial, superlative most distantial)

  1. (obsolete) Distant.
    • [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; […]1648, Walter Montagu, “The Tenth Treatise. How a Good Conscience, and a Good Courtier are Consortable. §. VI. Some Notorious Errors Remarked, & what Facility the Breeding of Courtiers may Bring...
  2. Pertaining to distance.
    • 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.1885 July 4, T. Oughton, “On the Secondary Nature of Monocular Relief”, in The Lancet, volume 2, page 9
    • 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.1907 October, A.C. Dewar, “Speed in Battleship Strategy”, in The United Service Magazine, volume 157, number 947, page 2
  3. Pertaining to the difference between items.
    • the distantial spread
    • distantial transformation

Examples of distantial in a sentence

  • 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).2017, Hans Bernhard Schmid, Gerhard Thonhauser, From Conventionalism to Social Authenticity, page 25:
  • 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:1860, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, A Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry:
  • We defined a distantial description that describes a set of temporal sequences by their maximal common distantial subsequences, with distances between items.2021, Salah Eddine Boukhetta, Christophe Demko, Karell Bertet, Jérémy Richard, Cécile Cayèré, “Temporal Sequence Mining Using FCA and...

Forms of distantial

comparativemore distantial
superlativemost distantial

Questions about distantial

What does distantial mean?
Distantial means distant.
How do you use distantial in a sentence?
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).
What part of speech is distantial?
Distantial is an adjective.

Words near distantial in the dictionary

  1. distant sequel
  2. distant sequels
  3. distant signal
  4. distant signals
  5. distant starlight problem
  6. distantial
  7. distantiate
  8. distantiated
  9. distantiates
  10. distantiating
  11. distantiation

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