Distance Command

Distance[ <Point>, <Object> ]

Yields the shortest distance between a point and a geometric object, or the vertical distance to a function.

Note: The command works for points, segments, lines, conics and implicit curves. For a given function f and a given point A, the command Distance[A,f] yields the vertical distance between the point and the function.

Distance[ <Line>, <Line> ]

Yields the distance between two parallel lines.

Note: The distance between intersecting lines is 0. Thus, this command is only interesting for parallel lines.

Note: See also Distance or Length tool .