A psychotherapeutic diagram presenting individuals as nodes (with the patient at the centre) connected by lines indicating their relationships.

(sociology) The distance between different social groups, e.g. in terms of class, ethnicity, gender-identity, sexual-identity, etc.

(proxemics) To maintain a certain distance between at least two people to contain the spread of an infectious disease.

(epidemiology) The practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases by isolating those with such diseases in quarantines, maintaining space between individuals, and prohibiting certain activities.

present participle of social distance

plural of social distance

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of social distance

(sociology) A social convention or perception, such as class or gender, used by a particular society to describe human behavior.

plural of social issue

A problem that influences many citizens within a society.