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* The [[power of a point]], a geometric property related to the distance of a point from a circle

...] (the [[tauum]], not to be confused with the [[tauon]]). After a certain distance, the tau energy tends to decohere and dissipate, reconstituting the ([[brad ...ultiple jumps. Unlike the ''minimum'' jump distance, the ''maximum'' jump distance seems to not depend strongly on the object's mass—and, if anything, s

...ed of light]] through a [[vacuum]]. More specifically, it is equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 [[second]]s. This seemingl ...ension to the center of the bob plus two-fifths the ''reciprocal'' of that distance times the square of the bob's radius.) Still, it was less than a decade la

Though from a distance qennis may appear to have bare skin, they actually do have very fine short ...spect of the qennis's sonic blasts is that they can be easily heard from a distance, giving other organisms in the vicinity warning that a qennis is on the hun

...ivation mentally notify individuals they are attuned to, regardless of the distance.

...jects no more than five [[meter]]s away at best, and for most the possible distance is much shorter. In any case, once contact is established or the prospecti ...may possess some ability to [[mind control|control living creatures]] at a distance, even those they have not possessed.

...e effective distance traveled in traversing them much less than the actual distance. Though the Gehembi themselves only connected a few of these tunnels, now

...idered magic. Thus while [[Xi]]van magnetism, for instance, does act at a distance, since it isn't usable directly by ellogous beings and produces only a sing

...of five [[meter]]s or so, or about half that force up to about twice the [[distance]], which is the maximum extent of its range. Although it can and frequentl

...e (if it has one) can often be an effective method of keeping a ghost at a distance, or driving it away. A ghost ''can'' try to bear the pain and come close t ...very mild effect to nonetheless retain that effect over tens of meters of distance.

...try and configuration, which, since the chylic forces do not decrease with distance, may produce effects vast distances away. The exact relationship between t

...ht]] of more than seventy meters at the tallest point, Goiglo looks from a distance like an ornate castle or cathedral, shaped roughly like two [[square]]s ove ...ely difficult to navigate. These powers also enable it to act at a larger distance than one would expect; Goiglo can, and frequently does, create small tempor

...with a [[thame]] that ensures that the sun isn't visible from too great a distance.

...is mother represents (and having changed his [[names of Kadis|surname]] to distance himself from his criminal parent).

...f the Skull has led some to describe it as beautiful—at least from a distance, before one is aware of its nature.

...ple shape is the [[cog]], or hypersphere, which comprises all points a set distance (called the cog's [[radius]]) from a particular point. A 1-cog is a pair o ...inates by φ, and the third angle in glomeric coordinates by ψ (the distance in all of these systems from the origin or the appropriate axis being most

...]] places victims in [[suspended animation]], the [[hopper gry]] has short-distance [[translocation]]al abilities, and the dreaded [[shadow gry]] has powers of

...associated disease. Most types of carrier can do this at will even from a distance, though carriers of some particularly vile diseases have to touch their vic

...t, and yet another to allow the caster to affect the subject regardless of distance as long as he is aware of its existence. They may differ in the time the s ...nly by touch, but a metacelemic spell exists that allows them to work at a distance. Various combinations of these mechanisms are possible, and don't always a

...he [[metric force]] and the [[directive force]], the former regulating the distance between wavelets and the latter causing nearby wavelets to move as a unit.