equidistant

adjective

equi·​dis·​tant ˌē-kwə-ˈdi-stənt 

ˌe-

1

: equally distant

a location equidistant from two major cities

2

: representing map distances true to scale in all directions

equidistantly adverb

Examples of equidistant in a Sentence

Points on a circle are equidistant from its center.

Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.

Recent Examples on the Web

Guehi then passes the ball into the space behind Villa’s midfield, to a point that is equidistant from their centre-backs, which helps Mateta drop to receive it because Torres and Carlos are unsure who has to move up to defend the centre-forward. —Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

On a logarithmic scale, the Sun, Mercury, and Mars are practically equidistant. —Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Sep. 2025

Nixon also noted their meeting took place approximately equidistant from the White House as to Tokyo. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

The region containing the landing zone is almost equidistant between the northern edge of Ptolemaeus, and the smaller Ukert crater to the north is best viewed during the weeks straddling a full moon. —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequidistant-, aequidistans, from Latin aequi- + distant-, distans, present participle of distare to stand apart — more at distant

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing equidistant

• azimuthal equidistant projection

Rhymes for equidistant

• coexistent
• inconsistent
• nonexistent
• preexistent
• assistant
• consistent
• existent
• insistent
• persistent
• resistant
• subsistent
• distant

Kids Definition

equidistant

adjective

equi·​dis·​tant ˌē-kwə-ˈdis-tənt 

ˌek-wə-

: equally distant

the two points are equidistant from the line