Meaning of distance
Definition of distance
a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"