relative distance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeanddistance
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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distance
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.təns/us/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofrelativeanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrelative distance
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We then plotted the strength of synchrony between cells as a function of thisrelativedistance.
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It is regrettable that the edited texts reflect therelativedistancethat the compilers seem to have gained in the meantime from their subject-matter.
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Experimental results: (a) trajectory followed by robots in plane x-y; (b) time evolution of therelativedistancebetween both leader and follower robots.
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Relativedistancefrom the margin is represented by the size of dots: the larger the size, the closer to the margin.
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The second is an auxiliary code and represents therelativedistance.
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The range can be tuned by varying parameters such as the relative delay of the laser pulses, and therelativedistanceof the targets employed.
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All variables were obtained directly from the demographic questions in the questionnaire, with the exception of rainfall andrelativedistance.
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The variables we tested were age, farm size, land ownership, education, previous adoption, rainfall andrelativedistance.
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The pixel pairs can be constrained based on, for example, theirrelativedistance.
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This could be done by both an increased dispersion of the spectrometer and a reduction of the distance between the spectrometer and the source while keeping therelativedistanceaccuracy.
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This way therelativedistanceof two points at different depths can be found by determining where along this "focal-scan" the points are in best focus.
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Aerial cues can be interpreted from morphological features set in spectral space (spectromorphology), the behaviour of texture, and the spectral resolution of the sound that informs me aboutrelativedistance.
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I hope that other industrialists will note that certain people are not worried about therelativedistancefrom what they consider to be their markets.
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Hererelativedistanceis the ratio of minimum distance to block length.
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The primary evidence for this is the route's width compared to nearby routes and itsrelativedistancefrom existing settlements of the time.
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The growing season of a given area can be affected by itsrelativedistancefrom the equator, as well as elevation.
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The binary numbers above and below the planets show therelativedistanceto the sun.
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Sensacell surfaces can track therelativedistanceof an object, adding a three-dimensional, or z-axis coordinate, data object that can be captured and processed.
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