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101From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain — Infobox Book name = From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain title orig = translator = image caption = Front cover of the North American Version. Seen are Dr. Brain and Omnipotent Man during a therapy session. author = Minister Faust illustrator = cover… …
102distance-measuring equipment — ▪ instrument in aerial navigation, equipment for measuring distance by converting the time a special electronic pulse takes to travel from an aircraft to a ground station and for an answering pulse to return. The airborne equipment displays …
103distance sense — any of the senses that respond to stimuli at a distance from the body, such as vision, hearing, and smell …
104distance — [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia, an abstract noun formed from distāns, the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed …
105distance-of-turn anticipation — The distance, measured parallel to the anticipated course and from the earliest position at which the turn will begin, to the point of the route change …
106distance oneself from — dissociate or separate. → distance …
107distance vector algorithm — A family of routing algorithms that calculate the bestpath route to use for data transmission from information present in adjacent nodes on the network. Routing information is broadcast periodically rather than only when a change occurs, which …
108distance — [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia, an abstract noun formed from distāns, the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed …
109distance — The measure of space between two objects. [L. distantia, fr. di sto, to stand apart, be distant] focal d. the d. from the center of a lens to its focus. infinite d. the limit of distant vision, the rays entering the eyes from an object at that… …
110distance learning — method of studying from far away, system of learning from home (via the Internet or by sending assignments in the mail) …
