middle distance
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middle distance
n.
1. The area between the foreground and background in a painting, drawing, or photograph. Also called middle ground.
2. Sports A division of competition in racing with events usually ranging from 400 meters to 1,500 meters or from 440 yards to 1 mile.
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mid′dle dis′tance
n.
1. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings and drawings.
2. (in track) a race distance ranging from 400 meters or 440 yards to 1 mile.
[1805–15]
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middle distance
(or middle ground) The represented space in a picture between background and foreground.
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middle distance
n (Art) in the middle distance → in secondo pianoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995