EQUIDISTANT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

equidistant

adjective

Definition of equidistant

as in halfway

located at the same distance Points on a circle are equidistant from its center. Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.

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Recent Examples of equidistant Evidence of the latter theory includes that everyone’s voices sound equidistant in the recordings, meaning someone could have been recording what was picked up off the microphones. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 Her case is being heard in the fourth-floor Jeffersonian courtroom, the only room in Charlotte that puts the jury below the judge, instead of on the side of the room, and positions the plaintiffs and defendants equidistant from the jury. — Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for equidistant

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The 24-year-old, like Gordon, who replaced him in the second half, offered energetic pressing, even sprinting from close to the halfway line to close down the goalkeeper at one point.

— Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The 26-year-old information technology administrator consumed a Red Bull energy drink around the film's halfway mark to stay alert.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Definition of halfway

Adjective

Outpost says the expensive, complex infrastructure is built once and reused across missions, with the innermost module tailored to each customer.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Researchers say Mercury’s rough, impact-scarred surface may hide ‘wrinkles’ from global contraction, offering fresh clues to the evolution of the solar system’s smallest, innermost planet.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of innermost

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Space Afrika bring in slow-moving and often gorgeous layers of double bass, violin, harp, saxophone, and piano to exhume the revelry, grief, and chaos of their inner worlds.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Arcel is masterful in a character study whose protagonist is often unreadable and elusive — and whose previously unexposed inner cold streak proves catastrophic to her community.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

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