equidistant

adjective

equi·​dis·​tant ˌē-kwə-ˈdi-stənt 

ˌe-

1

: equally distant

a location equidistant from two major cities

2

: representing map distances true to scale in all directions

equidistantly adverb

Examples of equidistant in a Sentence

Points on a circle are equidistant from its center.

Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.

Recent Examples on the Web

The hotel is almost equidistant from Central Park and Greenwich Village. —Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025

On this evening, Pollux and Castor will be pointing directly at the moon and the gap separating this trio will be equidistant: From Castor to Pollux will measure 4.5 degrees and from Pollux to the moon will measure another 4.5 degrees; a celestial triple play. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 June 2025

The building is just a half-block from the Q train at 86th Street and is about equidistant from Carl Schurz and Central Parks. —Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025

Our apartment building was more or less equidistant from two large hospitals, and the sirens never stopped. —Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequidistant-, aequidistans, from Latin aequi- + distant-, distans, present participle of distare to stand apart — more at distant

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing equidistant

• azimuthal equidistant projection

Rhymes for equidistant

• coexistent
• inconsistent
• nonexistent
• preexistent
• assistant
• consistent
• existent
• insistent
• persistent
• resistant
• subsistent
• distant

Kids Definition

equidistant

adjective

equi·​dis·​tant ˌē-kwə-ˈdis-tənt 

ˌek-wə-

: equally distant

the two points are equidistant from the line