distance
length of straight line that connects two points in a measurable space or in an observable physical space
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Summary
distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- distance is a type of scalar quantity[2].
- distance is a type of observable entity[3].
- distance is a type of physical quantity[4].
- distance is part of geometry[5].
- distance is part of relative location[6].
- distance's Commons category is recorded as Distance[7].
- distance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distance[8].
- distance's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[9].
- distance's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
- distance's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[11].
- distance's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
- distance's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/distance[13].
- distance's has characteristic is recorded as line[14].
- distance's manifestation of is recorded as metric function[15].
- distance's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3157[16].
- distance's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Distance[17].
- distance's different from is recorded as graph distance[18].
- distance's different from is recorded as travel distance[19].
- distance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
- distance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
- distance's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as metre[22].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include scalar quantity[2], observable entity[3], and physical quantity[4].
Use and Application
Part of include geometry[5], a branch of mathematics[23] and relative location[6].
Why It Matters
distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,130 views/month).[1] distance has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] distance is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]