The classification ignores differences in levels and thus cannot be used to estimate the respective distances between taxa.

The two serving-men waited without; but as if they likewise mistrusted each other, they kept their respective distances.

They could no longer grasp the respective distances of the different plains.

The Men's semi-finals and Ladies final would be held today still over their respective distances of 9 and 3 sets.

A gaggle of body guards accompanied the dispirited pair from the Government headquarters but maintained a respective distance.

Ignoring any difference in their respective distances from us, the centers of M81 and M82 are visually separated by about 130,000 light-years.

Their speeds are based on their respective distances from Saturn.

Tentatively naming the first planet "Oceanus", he placed their respective distances at 42, 56 and 72 AU from the Sun.

THE CHINESE AND Taiwanese navies were keeping their respective distances, as though an invisible line were drawn north-south down the Formosa Strait.

The trademark also extends to the use of "140.6" and "70.3," the respective distances for a full and half Ironman.