EQUIDISTANT


Meaning of EQUIDISTANT in English

as at equiangular + adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequidistant-, aequidistans, from Latin aequi- + distant-, distans, present participle of distare to stand apart, be distant — more at distant

1. : being at an equal distance : equally distant — often used with from

points on a circle are equidistant from its center

houses equidistant from the street

2. : representing map distances true to scale in all directions from a given point or along or at right angles to a given meridian or parallel (as the equator)

2-point equidistant diagram

the limited equidistant quality of a cylindrical projection

— see azimuthal equidistant projection

• equidistantly adverb

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