equidistant

See also: équidistant

English

Alternative forms

• æquidistant (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Latin -i-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin distō

Latin aequidistō

Late Latin aequidistānsder.

Middle French équidistantder.

English equidistant

From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequī (“equal”) +‎ distantem (“distant”). By surface analysis, equi- +‎ distant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.wɪˈdɪs.tənt/, /ˌiː.kwɪˈdɪs.tənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌi.kwəˈdɪs.tənt/

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Adjective

equidistant (not comparable)

1. Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
2. Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. In a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
3. (cartography) Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.

Derived terms

• equidistant curve
• equidistantly
• inequidistant
• nonequidistant

Translations

occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points

• Bulgarian: равноотстоящ (bg) (ravnootstojašt)
• Catalan: equidistant
• Esperanto: samdistanca
• German: äquidistant (de)
• Greek: ισαπέχων (el) m (isapéchon)
• Hungarian: egyenlő távolságra levő (hu), egyenlő távolságú
• Macedonian: рамнооддалеченост f pl (ramnooddalečenost), еквидистанција f (ekvidistancija)
• Manx: co-houd
• Navajo: ałtsʼáhoníłtso
• Persian: متساوی الفاصله (motasâvi-ol-fâsele)
• Portuguese: equidistante (pt)
• Spanish: equidistante (es)
• Tagalog: pariagwat

cartography: describing a map projection that preserves scale

• Hungarian: hossztartó

Noun

equidistant (plural equidistants)

1. (geometry) Any of a set of points or figures that are equidistant.
   • 1880, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, volume 10, page 649:

     Every straight line terminated by a pair of conjugate equidistants to a given straight line is bisected by the given straight line, and makes equal alternate angles with the equidistants, &c.

Further reading

• “equidistant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aequidistantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.ki.ðisˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ki.ðisˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ki.ðisˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.ki.ðisˈtan]

Adjective

equidistant m or f (masculine and feminine plural equidistants)

1. equidistant

Related terms

• distant

Further reading

• “equidistant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French équidistant, from Latin aequidistāns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.kʋi.dɪsˈtɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: equi‧dis‧tant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

equidistant (not comparable)

1. equidistant

Declension

Declension of equidistant
uninflected	equidistant
inflected	equidistante
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		equidistant
indefinite	m./f. sing.	equidistante
	n. sing.	equidistant
	plural	equidistante
definite		equidistante
partitive		equidistants

Derived terms

• equidistantie