(computer science) Any of several metrics that represent the degree of similarity between two strings of characters, based on the smallest number of transformations that can change one into the other.

(mathematics) the distance between two points located on a grid, where the only path allowed is vertical and horizontal lines.

(computer science) The number of edits (replacements, deletions and insertions) required to change one string into another.

(algebraic geometry) Euclidean distance.

(geometry) The distance between two points defined as the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates of the points; for example, in two-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance between two points a = (aₓ, a_y) and b = (bₓ, b_y) is defined as:

(boxing) To participate in a boxing match for its maximum number of rounds. / (idiomatic, by extension) To have the endurance to see a difficult, sustained challenge to its natural end without faltering.

Standard distance between individual plants placed in an ordered garden or field.

Education obtained remotely, often involving written material together with audio-visual material transmitted via the internet and, sometimes, summer schools and local tutorials.

(astronomy) An estimate of the distance of a body based on its luminosity and the inverse square law.

(US) Alternative letter-case form of Cartesian distance