distance between something
collocation
(alsodistance between something and something)
the amount of space between two places or things:
What's the distance between Madrid and Barcelona?
The distance between the brake linings and the brake disc is called the play.
The distance between the two structures is short.
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The required size of the pump is determined by the distance between the well and the house.
Measure the distance between the bottom of the gutter and the drain and cut the downpipe to size.
Focal length is the distance between a point where waves of light meet and the centre of a lens.
Put the cookies on a baking tray with some distance between them.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Measurements in general
altitude
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
cubic
drop
elevation
factor
knee-length
metric
micro
pico-
scale
setting
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated
unmeasurable
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