distance
Function
(Added in SenseTalk 2.13)
Returns the distance between two points.
Examples:
put the distance from pointA to pointB
put the distance between [3,6] and [8,18] --> returns 13
Unit Type
(Added to SenseTalk in 1.67)
A category of measurement. Base unit: meter
Units included:
To see all units included in this type, use the unitNames function:
put the unitNames of "distance"
--> ["surveyMiles","surveyFoot","decametre","silversmithpoint","zeptometre","leagues","hectometer","fermi","marineLeagues","mil","zeptometers","decimetre","yoctometers","venusRadius","megameters","hectometres","micrometre","mercuryRadii","jupiterDistance","bicrons","earthCircumferences","attometre","terameters","surveyInches","femtometre","femtometres","decametres","kiloparsecs","astronomicalUnit","petametre","lightNanoseconds","zettametres","gigametre","megametre","farSunDistance","marsDistances","parsecs","britishInches","dam","neptuneRadius","earthRadius_equatorial","mi","mm","surveyYard","yottametre","mercuryDistances","microns","kilometres","pole","micrometres","ft","terameter","inch","goad","ell","fathom","moonDistance","yoctometre","exametres","uranusRadii","surveyFt","mile","chains","bicron","yottameters","neptuneRadii","rod","yards","hectometre","footballfield","silversmithpoints","jupiterDistances","dekameters","picometer","kilometer","mils","exameters","span","m","decimetres","poppyseeds","flemishElls","earthRadius","spat","furlong","sunRadius","saturnDistances","ch","cm","perches","marsDistance","rope","furlongs","metres","decameters","britishYard","nanometre","centimetres","marsRadii","millimeters","saturnRadii","saturnRadius","hand","millimeter","gigametres","kilometers","um","saturnDistance","marineLeague","nm","exameter","earthCircumference_polar","marathons","surveyMile","feet","lightyears","zeptometres","yoctometres","centimeter","lunarDistances","surveyYds","jupiterRadii","nail","dekameter","earthRadii","mercuryRadius","millimicron","picometres","lunarDistance","moonCircumferences","decimeters","zettameter","meter","exametre","attometres","lightNanosecond","earthDistances","yd","moonCircumference","englishElls","angstrom","rd","solarDistances","neptuneDistance","poles","millimicrons","petametres","decameter","km","links","millimetre","dm","decimeter","englishEll","perch","foot","lightyear","ropes","moonRadii","yds","attometer","nails","yottametres","spans","micron","terametre","petameter","earthDistance","rds","uranusDistance","gigameter","gigameters","megameter","hectometers","fathoms","marsRadius","centimetre","femtometers","nanometres","farSunDistances","zettameters","surveyYards","surveyFeet","chain","plutoDistance","zettametre","venusDistance","hands","picometre","plutoRadius","hm","kilometre","league","au","earthCircumference","goads","surveyYd","micrometers","kpc","fermis","picometers","marathon","miles","sunDistance","uranusRadius","britishFt","millimetres","surveyInch","attometers","rods","poppyseed","plutoDistances","barleycorns","venusRadii","statuteMiles","ells","metre","megametres","neptuneDistances","nearSunDistances","yard","solarDistance","flemishEll","sunRadii","britishInch","petameters","plutoRadii","earthRadius_polar","britishFeet","jupiterRadius","moonDistances","terametres","zeptometer","angstroms","kiloparsec","barleycorn","nearSunDistance","ly","spats","inches","nanometer","micrometer","meters","britishFoot","moonRadius","femtometer","britishYards","nanometers","venusDistances","statuteMile","uranusDistances","yottameter","centimeters","dekametre","parsec","mercuryDistance","nauticalMile","earthCircumference_equatorial","sunDistances","pc","yoctometer","dekametres","in","footballfields","nauticalMiles","link","astronomicalUnits"]
Other unit types:
To see all of the unit types, use the unitTypes function:
put the unitTypes --> ["length","distance","height","width","depth","thickness","imperial_length","survey_length","old_british_length","mass","weight","byteSize","dataSize","memorySize","duration","timeInterval","period","calendarDuration","rotation","angle","electric_charge","charge","area","imperial_area","volume","drymeasure","liquid","fluid","liquid_volume","US_water","US_liquid","British_volume","electric_current","current","force","pressure","stress","energy","power","electric_potential","electric_resistance","resistance","electric_conductance","conductance","electric_capacitance","capacitance","magnetic_flux","inductance","magnetic_flux_density","frequency","velocity","speed","imperial_speed","nautical_speed","acceleration","flow","imperial_flow","angular_velocity","angular_speed","radial_frequency","circular_frequency","orbital_frequency","pulsatance","angular_frequency","temperature_difference","temperature_interval","currency","price","historical_price"]
Related Terms
Related terms in the SenseTalk Dictionary:
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This page is under construction: it has not been reviewed for completeness.