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  • 31distant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) far away in space or time. 2) at a specified distance. 3) remote or far apart in resemblance or relationship: a distant acquaintance. 4) aloof or reserved. 5) remote; abstracted. DERIVATIVES distantly adverb …

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  • 32time immemorial — ► time immemorial a point of time in the distant past beyond recall or knowledge. Main Entry: ↑time …

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  • 33time out of mind — This is the very distant past so far back that no one can remember when, like time immemorial …

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  • 34time immemorial — time′ immemo′rial n. time in the distant past …

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  • 35Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem …

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  • 36Distant Early Warning (song) — This article is about the Rush song. For system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, see Distant Early Warning Line. Distant Early Warning Single by Rush from the album Gra …

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  • 37Time travel — This article details time travel itself. For other uses, see Time Traveler. Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects (or in… …

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  • 38distant — dis|tant [ dıstənt ] adjective ** 1. ) usually before noun far away from the place where you are: I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic. Her eyes scanned the distant hills. The castle was four miles distant. a ) far away in time: The …

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  • 39distant */*/ — UK [ˈdɪstənt] / US adjective 1) a) [usually before noun] far away from the place where you are Her eyes scanned the distant hills. I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic. The castle was four miles distant. b) far away in time The… …

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  • 40Time dilation — This article is about a concept in physics. For the concept in sociology, see time displacement. In the theory of relativity, time dilation is an observed difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by observers either moving… …

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