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middle distance

middle distance noun: the central portion of a picture in terms of depth, between the foreground and background.

Noun

middle distance (plural middle distances)

  1. The central portion of a picture in terms of depth, between the foreground and background.
    • The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 12
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see middle, distance.
    • I won't go right on either. I'll just hang about in the middle distance to keep you up to the mark.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Synonyms of middle distance

Forms of middle distance

pluralmiddle distances

Questions about middle distance

What does middle distance mean?
Middle distance means the central portion of a picture in terms of depth, between the foreground and background.
What part of speech is middle distance?
Middle distance is a noun.
What is the plural of middle distance?
The plural of middle distance is middle distances.

Words near middle distance in the dictionary

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  6. middle distance
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  10. Middle Dural
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