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distance learning — n. any system of individualized, esp. postsecondary instruction for students at a distance from a campus, utilizing the Internet, videoconferencing, preprogrammed courses, etc. * * * ▪ education Introduction also called distance education , e… … Universalium
Distance — This article is about distance in the mathematical or physical sense. For other senses of the term, see distance (disambiguation). Proximity redirects here. For the 2001 film, see Proximity (film). Distance (or farness) is a numerical description … Wikipedia
distance — noun 1 amount of space between two points ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, huge, large, long, vast ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Distance Learning-Education Beyond Buildings — ▪ 2009 By 2008 distance learning was an established part of the educational world. In U.S. higher education alone, by 2006 more than 20% of total enrollment was online. More than 3.5 million college students enrolled in at least one online… … Universalium
distance — {{11}}distance (n.) late 13c., quarrel, estrangement, discord, strife, from O.Fr. destance (13c.), from L. distantia a standing apart, from distantem (nom. distans) standing apart, separate, distant, prp. of distare stand apart, from dis apart,… … Etymology dictionary
distance — noun 1》 the length of the space between two points: I cycled the short distance home. 2》 the condition of being remote. ↘a far off point. 3》 the full length of a race or other contest. ↘Brit. Horse Racing a space of more than twenty… … English new terms dictionary
distance vision — noun vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer • Hypernyms: ↑sight, ↑vision, ↑visual sense, ↑visual modality … Useful english dictionary
Hyperfocal distance — In optics and photography, hyperfocal distance is a distance beyond which all objects can be brought into an acceptable focus. There are two commonly used definitions of hyperfocal distance , leading to values that differ only slightly:The first… … Wikipedia
Word sense disambiguation — In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is the process of identifying which sense of a word is used in any given sentence, when the word has a number of distinct senses. For example, consider two examples of the distinct… … Wikipedia
Comoving distance — Physical cosmology Universe · Big Bang … Wikipedia
