CLASS II: Words Relating to SPACE
SECTION II. DIMENSIONS
GENERAL DIMENSIONS, continued
Distance –N. space; remoteness; farness; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride; drift. outpost, outskirt; horizon, sky-line; aphelion; antipodes; dispersion.
Nearness. –N. proximity, propinquity; vicinity; neighbourhood, adjacency; contiguity. short cut; earshot, close quarters, stone’s throw; bowshot, gunshot, pistol shot; hair’s breadth; span; close-up. purlieus, borderer. approach; convergence; perihelion.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
SECTION II. DIMENSIONS
GENERAL DIMENSIONS, continued
Distance –N. space; remoteness; farness; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride; drift. outpost, outskirt; horizon, sky-line; aphelion; antipodes; dispersion.
Nearness. –N. proximity, propinquity; vicinity; neighbourhood, adjacency; contiguity. short cut; earshot, close quarters, stone’s throw; bowshot, gunshot, pistol shot; hair’s breadth; span; close-up. purlieus, borderer. approach; convergence; perihelion.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
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