equidistant

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Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic, lies almost equidistant from the Swedish east coast and the Baltic state of Latvia.

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  1. adjective Equally distant.

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  • The bronze man pressed one of four buttons that were connected to identical devices which were equidistant, but in different directions from the warehouse Instantly, on the windward side, a shack that looked like something hobos had thrown together, burst into flame. —  100 - The Headless Men
  • Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic, lies almost equidistant from the Swedish east coast and the Baltic state of Latvia. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Since harmonic oscillator energies are equidistant, the n-fold excited state | —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • [T] he top of the party is also united in its belief that they must remain "equidistant" from both Labour and the Tories in order to maximise their negotiating hand in the event of a hung Parliament. —  TD Blog
  • They grew up in little cities that are virtually equidistant from Houston. —  Houston Press | Complete Issue
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  1. = French équidistant = Provencal equidistant = Italian equidistante, from Late Latin æquidistan(t-)s, from Latin æquus, equal, + distan(t-)s, distant.
 

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