spread out
adjEtymology Analytic form of earlier outspread.
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Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
- In other words, space is very empty, and particles are very spread out.2000, Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, →ISBN:
- It is extremely time-consuming to use public transportation and the restaurants and dining are very spread out.2007, Carolyn C. Wise, Stephanie Hauser, The Business School Buzz Book, →ISBN, page 90:
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- The plague is spread person to person, so if the people are very spread out, fewer of them will come in contact with those afflected by the plague.2014, William W. Johnstone, Warriors from the Ashes, →ISBN:
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Covering a wide area of space or long period of time.
- The park is very spread out, with two core areas approximately 1.5 km apart, and the trailer dump station almost 2 km away near the park entrance.2006, Michael Clancy, Anna Clancy, A User's Guide to Saskatchewan Parks, →ISBN, page 69:
- As a result, U.S. cities have become very spread out and cover a great deal of land.2007, Yukio Noguchi, James M. Poterba, Housing Markets in the United States and Japan, →ISBN, page 133:
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- The t distribution tends to be flatter and more spread out, whereas the normal z distribution has more of a central peak.2009, Frederick J. Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, →ISBN, page 285:
- If you live in or around Houston you cannot survive without wheels. The city is very spread out and continues to sprawl outward and consume more and more real estate.2011, Cat Schmidt, Peripheral Vision, →ISBN, page 1: