INFINITE DISTANCE
\ˈɪnfɪnət dˈɪstəns], \ˈɪnfɪnət dˈɪstəns], \ˈɪ_n_f_ɪ_n_ə_t d_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of INFINITE DISTANCE
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A term frequently employed by ophthalmologists to designate the position of an object the rays of light coming from which are parallel. Practically it is about 20 feet, as the rays emanating from such a point are so slightly divergent as to be regarded as nearly parallel.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).