North or south of that line,however, the distance value of each degree decreases.

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I don't have to regard this product, this line as being distance along the high street of the town.

我不一定要将这个东西,这条线想象为城中大街的距离

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It creates as a distance between two points, rather than a straight line, an arabesque.

它加长了两点之间的距离，使它变得非直而曲。

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