Distance is a numerical or occasionally qualitative measurement of how far apart objects, points, people, or ideas are. In physics or everyday usage, distance...

Luminosity distance DL is defined in terms of the relationship between the absolute magnitude M and apparent magnitude m of an astronomical object. M =...

The Distance may refer to: The distance (boxing), type of boxing match "The Distance" (The O.C.), a second season TV episode of The O.C. "The Distance" (The...

long-distance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Long distance or Long-distance may refer to: Long-distance calling Long-distance operator Long-distance relationship...

Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner...

probability and statistics, the Hellinger distance (closely related to, although different from, the Bhattacharyya distance) is used to quantify the similarity...

science, the Levenshtein distance is a string metric for measuring the difference between two sequences. The Levenshtein distance between two words is the...

In the Distance is a 2017 novel by writer and professor Hernán Diaz. The story recounts the life of Håkan, a Swedish emigrant who is separated from his...

In coding theory, the Lee distance is a distance between two strings x 1 x 2 … x n {\displaystyle x_{1}x_{2}\dots x_{n}} and y 1 y 2 … y n {\displaystyle...

In mathematics, the Euclidean distance between two points in Euclidean space is the length of the line segment between them. It can be calculated from...

Look up distance or distances in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Distance is a numerical description of how far apart objects are. Distance may also refer...

In statistics, the Bhattacharyya distance is a quantity which represents a notion of similarity between two probability distributions. It is closely related...

Earth–Moon distance, or distance to the Moon, is the distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. In contrast, the Lunar distance (LD or Δ...

Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The distance decay effect states that...

The Mahalanobis distance is a measure of the distance between a point P {\displaystyle P} and a probability distribution D {\displaystyle D} , introduced...

In computational linguistics and computer science, edit distance is a string metric, i.e. a way of quantifying how dissimilar two strings (e.g., words)...

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to two miles (3,218.688 metres). The standard middle distances...

In information theory, the Hamming distance between two strings or vectors of equal length is the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols...

Psychic distance is a perceived difference or distance between objects. The concept is used in aesthetics, international business and marketing, and computer...

In mathematics, the Fréchet distance is a measure of similarity between curves that takes into account the location and ordering of the points along the...

multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each...

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic...

Critical distance is, in acoustics, the distance at which the sound pressure level of the direct sound D and the reverberant sound R are equal when dealing...

A distance transform, also known as distance map or distance field, is a derived representation of a digital image. The choice of the term depends on the...

Action at a distance is the concept in physics that an object's motion can be affected by another object without the two being in physical contact; that...

Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film co-stars...

Historically, the astronomical unit was conceived as the average Earth-Sun distance (the average of Earth's aphelion and perihelion), before its modern redefinition...

A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking...

Information distance is the distance between two finite objects (represented as computer files) expressed as the number of bits in the shortest program...

In statistics and in probability theory, distance correlation or distance covariance is a measure of dependence between two paired random vectors of arbitrary...