buffer distance meaning

• [Defence]
  (*) In nuclear warfare: 1. The horizontal distance which, when added to the radius of safety, will give the desired assurance that the specified degree of risk will not be exceeded.
  The buffer distance is normally expressed quantitatively in multiples of the delivery error.
  2. The vertical distance which is added to the fallout safe-height of burst in order to determine a desired height of burst which will provide the desired assurance that militarily significant fallout will not occur.
  It is normally expressed quantitatively in multiples of the vertical error.

• A buffer distance of at least 100 m on either side should be adopted
• The latter typically adds a certain buffer distance to the given tolerance measure.
• This created a buffer distance that enables simultaneous takeoffs and landings on the north and south runways, increasing air traffic volume.
• Lack of a sufficient downwind buffer distance between the kiter and hard objects has contributed to accidents reducing the available distance and time for reaction.
• These types of sprayers can only be used where overspray spray drift is less of a concern, either through the choice of chemical which does not have undesirable effects on other desirable organisms, or by adequate buffer distance.
• An internal Baffinland environmental impact study had said that there should be a " " buffer distance " " between the site of any blasting and sites of archeologically significant structures but the study didn't specify what the distance was.
• Work zone regulations often specify a minimum buffer distance between the attenuator truck and the work area, and a minimum mass for the truck, to minimize the chances that the truck will be pushed forward by a crash into the workers or machinery.

• "buffer distance" meaning in Chinese: 缓冲距离