distance from something to something
collocation
the amount of space between two places or things:
What's the distance from Madrid to Barcelona?
The distance from the brake linings to the brake disc is called the play.
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distancenoun
The aim of the initiative is to reduce the distance from the farm to the table.
The required size of the pump is determined by the distance from the well to the house.
Measure the distance from the bottom of the gutter to the drain and cut the downpipe to size.
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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