mean distance

collocation in English

meaningsofmeananddistance

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mean
adjective
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofmeananddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Themeandistancebetween hospital and home, 40.6 km, was relatively large due to the rarity of equipment.
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For these cells, themeandistancebetween mitochondria in processes was 9.35 6 6.50 mm but gaps 10 mm were not uncommon.
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The glycocalyx extended ameandistanceof 0.88 mm into the lumen of the duct.
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For each site and day, we calculated themeandistancetravelled per hour.
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In these two mammals themeandistancetravelled by diaspores was 55.6 m and 22.5 m respectively.
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Costs of transport were calculated as themeandistanceper destination multiplied by standardized cost prices.
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In six cases the distance was unknown, and themeandistancefor the entire sample was imputed (31.28 km).
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Themeandistancebetween the heterocyst bands was 0.64 mm, representing an average growth period of about 70 days between one band and the next.
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Themeandistancewithin a subpopulation, the mean interpopulational distance and the mean diversity for the entire population were also determined for all loci using the same distance method.
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By the beginning of their retirement in 2010 the 1967 stock had achieved ameandistancebetween failures of over 14,000 kilometres.
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The track was 12.5 km long, and themeandistancebetween the stations was 590 m.
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The pair are separated by ameandistanceof roughly 4 astronomical units.
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It services mainly the metropolitan area at ameandistanceof 13.5km 2.
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It is orbiting the galaxy at ameandistanceof from the core with an eccentricity of 0.06.
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Since the moon'smeandistancefrom earth is 239000 mi, path losses are very high.
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Phasmids were visible in 25% of the patterns and themeandistancebetween them was 24.33 1.61 mm.
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For each point, themeandistancefrom it to all its neighbors is computed.
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It is orbiting through the galaxy at ameandistanceof 8.4 kpc from the galactic center and with an orbital eccentricity of 0.16.
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