distantial adjective3 •Pertaining to distance.The distantial function of speed can, to a great exten , be supplemented or entirely replaced by position, but this is not the case with the combative. — 1907 •Pertaining to the difference between items.Hence, given the referents of a point, referred to a distantial system, and the Cartesian equations of the lines of reference, referred to a Cartesian system: — 1860 •(no longer used) Distant.[S]uch objects of virtue are more impressive upon or affections, then those vvhich may be greater in themselves, but more distantiall from our eye; […] — 1648 formsmore distantial · most distantial