DISTANCE, in astronomy. The distance of the sun, planets, and comets, is found only from their parallax, as it cannot be found either by eclipses or their different phases: for from the theory of the motions of the earth and planets we know, at any time, the proportion of the distances of the sun and planets from us; and the horizontal parallaxes are in a reciprocal proportion to these distances. See ASTRONOMY, n° 182.
DISTASTE properly signifies an aversion or dislike to certain foods; and may be either constitutional, or owing to some disorder of the stomach.