true distance in a sentence

Examples

1. I quoted the word'distance'because it is positive on the northern hemisphere and negative on the other, while a true distance is an absolute value of that.
2. Thus to add a longer or shorter tip requires a correction factor to be multiplied with the dial reading in order to yield a true distance reading.
3. The true distance between two points on a meridian can be measured on the map as the vertical distance between the parallels that intersect the meridian at those points.
4. It has been proven that the value found by this formula ( up to a constant factor ) converges towards the true distance for z converging towards the Julia set.
5. As the heuristic estimate increases and gets closer to the true distance, A * continues to find optimal paths, but runs faster ( by virtue of examining fewer nodes ).
6. Unlike spin-spin coupling, NOE propagates through space and does not require that the atoms are connected by bonds, so it is a true distance measurement instead of a chemical measurement.
7. No mapmaker could measure the true distance from the Arizona desert and white cowboy hats and quarterhorses to the backstretch of Suffolk Downs in East Boston, a quarter-mile or so from the Atlantic Ocean.
8. Certain astronomical objects known as " spiral nebula " such as M31 would later be recognized as conglomerations of stars when the true distance to these objects began to be discovered, and they would be deemed " island universes ."
9. The assumption that a human experimenter ( his " observer ", though the meaning of that term has changed since then ) can read a clock face is much weaker than the assumption that an experimenter can measure true distances and times.
10. While some institutions want only to supplement on-campus offerings, the goal for many others is true distance learning on a scale unlike anything before, attracting students around the globe who will never set foot in a classroom _ if there is a bricks-and-mortar campus at all.