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middle distances

middle distances is the plural of middle distance.

Meaning of middle distance

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

Questions about middle distances

What is middle distances the plural of?
Middle distances is the plural of middle distance.

Words near middle distances in the dictionary

  1. middle Cs
  2. Middle Czech
  3. Middle Danish
  4. middle day
  5. middle distance
  6. middle distances
  7. middle dot
  8. middle dots
  9. Middle Dural
  10. Middle Dutch
  11. middle ear

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