DISTANCE

n. Diast'aans. Lat., distant i a. Fr., d. Ger., Weite. It., distanza. Sp., distancia. 1. The state of being remote. 2. The measurement from one point to another. Alveolobasilar d. See Alveolo-basilar LINE. Anterior focal d. Fr., d. focale anterieure. Ger., vordere Brennweite. It., distanza (o lunghezza) centric a anteriore. Sp., distancia centric a (6 largo centrico) anterior. The d. between the centre of a lens or mirror and its anterior focus. [F.] D. bregma to-iniaque (Fr.). The greatest antero-posterior diameter of the skull. [L.] D. fonda men tale (Fr.). See Fundamental d.D. glabello-bregmatique (Fr.). The d. in a straight line between the bregma and the glabella. ["Rev. d'anthropol.," 1872, p. 294 (L).] D. occipitolambdoldlenne externe (Fr.). The length of a straight line parallel to the internal border of the cerebral hemisphere, and joining the external extremity of the external occipital fi ure and the lambdoid suture, [a, 18.] D. occipito-lambdoSdienne in-. terne (Fr.). The d. from the internal extremity of the external occipital fi ure to the lambdoid suture, measured parallel to the internal border of the cerebral hemisphere. [" Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 230 (a, 18).] D. rolando-bregmatique (Fr.). The d. comprised between the bregma and the fi ure of Rolando upon the superior border of the cerebral hemisphere. [" Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 228 (a, 18).] D. rolando-coronale inferieure (Fr.). The d. from the inferior extremity of the fi ure of Rolando, measured horizontally, to the coronal suture. ["Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 228 (a, 18).] D. rolando-stephanlque (Fr.). The. d measured Horizontally from the step han i on to the fi ure of Rolando. [" Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 228 (o, 18).] D. sacro-cptyloTdienne (Fr.). See DISTANT I A sacro-cotyloidea. D. sylvio-lambdotdienne (Fr.). The d. from the posterior extremity of the fi ure of Sylvius to the middle point of the lambdoid suture. [" Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 233 (o, 18).] D. sylvlo-step han i que (Fr.). The d. from the posterior extremity of the Sylvian fi ure to the step han i on. f" Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 233 (a, 18).] D. sylvlotemporale (Fr.). The d. from the highest point in the curve of the squamous suture to the fi ure of Sylvius. ["Rev. d'anthropol.," 1876, p. 233 (o, 18).] Focal d. Fr., d. focale. Ger., Brennweite. It., lunghezza (o distanza) centric a. Sp., largo centrico, distancia centric a. The d. between the centre of a lens or mirror and its focus. [F.] Fundamental d. Fr., d. fonda men tale. Ger., grundliche Weite. It., distanza fundamental. Sp., distancia fundamental. The d. between two venous valves. [K, 16.] Infinite d. Fr., d. infinie. Ger., unendliche Entfernung. It., distanza inf in it a. Sp., distancia inf in it a. A term frequently employed by ophthalmologists to designate that sorneU, blue; U", lull; U4, full; U, urn; U, like u (German). [s. 597]