different between equidistant vs grating

English

Alternative forms

• æquidistant (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequ? (“equal”) +? distantem (“distant”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /i.kw??d?s.t?nt/

Adjective

equidistant (not comparable)

1. Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
2. Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
3. (cartography) Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.

Derived terms

• equidistantly
• inequidistant
• nonequidistant

Translations

Further reading

• “equidistant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aequidist?ns.

Adjective

equidistant (masculine and feminine plural equidistants)

1. equidistant

Related terms

• distant

Further reading

• “equidistant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French équidistant, from Latin aequidist?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.k?i.d?s?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: equi?dis?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

equidistant (not comparable)

1. equidistant

Inflection

Derived terms

• equidistantie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?t??/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [???e?????]
  • Homophone: grading
• Rhymes: -e?t??

Adjective

grating

1. (typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
2. Abrasive; tending to annoy.

Translations

Noun

grating (plural gratings)

1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
3. The loose material that comes from something being grated.

   Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.

4. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
5. (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
6. The sound made by something that grates against something else.
   • 1901, Melville Cox Keith, Keith's Domestic Practice and Botanic Handbook

     If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of.

Synonyms

• grill

Related terms

• grate

Translations

Verb

grating

1. present participle of grate