equidistance
nounEtymology From equi- + distance.
1
Usually Equal distance.
- The men are ranged so as to form three sides of a square, and stand three deep, each prisoner being three yards from his fellow. This equidistance gives them the appearance of chess-men set out on a board.1862, Henry Mayhew, John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, page 308:
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