as in halfway
located at the same distance
Points on a circle are equidistant from its center. Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.
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Recent Examples of equidistant
The region containing the landing zone is almost equidistant between the northern edge of Ptolemaeus, and the smaller Ukert crater to the north is best viewed during the weeks straddling a full moon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
At that point, the center of mass of the top block and the center of mass of the bottom block are equidistant from the edge of the table (the top block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the right of the edge, and the bottom block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the left of the edge).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 6 July 2025
The hotel is almost equidistant from Central Park and Greenwich Village.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The building is just a half-block from the Q train at 86th Street and is about equidistant from Carl Schurz and Central Parks.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
At that point, the center of mass of the top block and the center of mass of the bottom block are equidistant from the edge of the table (the top block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the right of the edge, and the bottom block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the left of the edge).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 6 July 2025
The hotel is almost equidistant from Central Park and Greenwich Village.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The building is just a half-block from the Q train at 86th Street and is about equidistant from Carl Schurz and Central Parks.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equidistant
Adjective
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Only two of Swift’s albums appear below the halfway mark on the 200-spot ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As Phoenix passes the halfway mark of this year’s monsoon, dramatic downpours, gusty haboobs and streaks of lightning across the sky have been mostly absent.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The moon's path during a total lunar eclipse The Earth's shadow will cover the entire moon's surface at the center of the umbra, the deepest, innermost part of the shadow.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film’s non-judgmental narration — read by Jacek Zubiel — comments on the characters’ innermost thoughts along the way, adding to the general patina of narcissism without pointing fingers or placing blame.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Excuse the cynicism, but this is the sort of combination of touchy-feely button-pushing and self-conscious peculiarity that’s meant to seem significant and profound that will bring out your inner rom-com Grinch.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mercury in Libra wants to shift your inner narrative to release outer-world tension.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Equidistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equidistant. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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