equidistant

[Prefix equi-, and English distant (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: Being at the same or equal distances from some point or place; equally distant. "The fixed stars are not all placed in the same concave superficies, and equidistant from us, as they seem to be." -Ray: On the Creation. 2. Geom.: Applied to things which are everywhere at the same or equal distances from each other. e-qui-dis'-tant-lý, adv . [Eng. equidistant ; -ly.] At the same or equal distances. "The liver, though seated on the right side, yet by the subclavian division, doth equidistantly communicate its activity unto either arm."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iv., ch. v. e-qui-di-ür-nal, a . [Pref. equi- , and Eng. diurnal (q. v.).] Pertaining to or accompanied by equal days and nights; a term applied to the equinoctial line.