That was the standard distance always used for visibility: from that moment each morning the life of the ship could go on.

He said, "We are within three standard planetary distances of it.

The standard distance is 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) from Earth.

What about dance theater onstage, at the standard distance from an audience?

A 64kg person would burn around 1,850 calories over a standard distance.

In 1964, the distance was changed to 2000 meters, the current standard distance for international competition.

In 1921 this was adopted as the standard distance.

A charge of a specific size is detonated and its pressure effects measured at a standard distance.

"If they're at standard distance, they can't get mass weapons to us before we go through jump," Seska said.

The rules further state that in Olympic competition the standard distance may not be exceeded by more than 0.1%.