middle distance
noun
1.
Also called
middle ground
,
middle plane
.
Fine Arts.
the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
2.
(in track) a race distance ranging from 400 meters or 440 yards to 1 mile.
Origin
1805-15
British Dictionary definitions for
middle-distance
middle-distance
adjective
1.
(
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
2.
Also called
middle ground.
part of a painting, esp a landscape between the foreground and far distance