These lines,or circles,are parallel -- meaning that they are equally distant from each other at any point around the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

"But,unfortunately, many have been driven from those lands and they have been dispersed throughout the country, sometimes in distant urban centers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

You're looking at it and feels like someone's over your shoulder talking in your ear, as opposed to someone at the blackboard, that's distant from you."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26