noun
[ sing. ] the part of a painting or a view that is neither very close nor very far away :
His eyes were fixed on a small house in the middle distance.
noun
[ sing. ] the part of a painting or a view that is neither very close nor very far away :
His eyes were fixed on a small house in the middle distance.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005