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.
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Jealousy of its neighbor influenced Georgia leaders years ago to try to re-create something similar in Gwinnett County, roughly equidistant from colleges in Atlanta, Athens and Gainesville.
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Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
That Publix is almost equidistant from the two South Florida offices.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Eovaldi, for reference, had a 104 rating, and the nine-point difference between Gore’s first two months and his final four was equidistant to the gap between right-hander Jacob deGrom’s (108) and Kumar Rocker’s (99) ability to locate last year.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Faroe Islands Located in the North Atlantic, nearly equidistant between Iceland to the northwest, Norway to the east, and Scotland to the south, this archipelago is actually part of Denmark, nearly 1,000 miles away.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
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Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
That Publix is almost equidistant from the two South Florida offices.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Eovaldi, for reference, had a 104 rating, and the nine-point difference between Gore’s first two months and his final four was equidistant to the gap between right-hander Jacob deGrom’s (108) and Kumar Rocker’s (99) ability to locate last year.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Faroe Islands Located in the North Atlantic, nearly equidistant between Iceland to the northwest, Norway to the east, and Scotland to the south, this archipelago is actually part of Denmark, nearly 1,000 miles away.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Equidistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equidistant. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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equidistant
adjective
equi·dis·tant
ˌē-kwə-ˈdis-tənt
ˌek-wə-
: equally distant
the two points are equidistant from the line
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