distality

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noun

The quality or state of being distal.

OriginEnglish distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt →
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Meanings

noundistality (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being distal.

    Moreover, distality characterizes these strong regularity properties.

    2015, Artem Chernikov, Sergei Starchenko, “Regularity lemma for distal structures”, in arXiv

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. Englishdistant
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishdistal
  19. Englishdistality

From distal + -ity.

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APA

distality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distality

MLA

“distality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distality.

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