Distance

Distance

Distance is a numerical or occasionally qualitative measurement of how far apart objects, points, people, or ideas are. In physics or everyday usage, distance may refer to a physical length or an estimation based on other criteria. The term is also frequently used metaphorically to mean a measurement of the amount of difference between two similar objects or a degree of separation. Most such notions of distance, both physical and metaphorical, are formalized in mathematics using the notion of a metric space.

Distance (Hikaru Utada album)

Distance is the third studio album by Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada. Toshiba EMI released it on March 28, 2001, making it their second release with the label. Utada wrote and co-produced the majority of the album, alongside previous collaborators Akira Miyake and Teruzane Utada, as well as new collaborations with American producers Rodney Jerkins and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Distance, like its predecessor First Love (1999), is influenced by pop music and R&B, with additional hip-hop, rock, reggae, and techno influences from Western music.

distance

Noun

1. An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Verb

1. Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.