distaunce

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A form of distance — An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

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Meanings

noundistaunce (countable and uncountable, plural distaunces)

plural distaunces

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of distance.

    [N]other perceaueth the concordaunt and diſcordante diſtaunces of ſoundes, and tunes […]

    1551, Thomas More, “The Second Boke of the Communycacion of Raphael Hythlodaye, Concernynge the Best State of a Commen Wealthe: Cõteynyng the Discription of Utopia, with a Large Declaration of the Godly Gouernement, and of All the Good Lawes and Orders of the Same Ilande. Of Their Iourneyenge or Trauaylynge abrode, with Dyuers Other Matters Cunnyngly Reasoned & Wittilie Discussed.”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC, signature [M.vj.], verso
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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