noun
- Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- (in track) a race distance ranging from 400 meters or 440 yards to 1 mile.
adjective
- athletics relating to or denoting races of a length between the sprints and the distance events, esp the 800 metres and the 1500 metres
noun middle distance
- Also called: middle ground part of a painting, esp a landscape between the foreground and far distance