The phrase "determine the distance" is correct and usable in written English.
For example, you could use the phrase in a sentence like this: "The surveyors used a measuring tape to determine the distance between the two buildings."
We therefore sought to determine the distance over which the URA3 timing determinant can act.
Limit screen use before bed, so we can start winding down even as we lie, unprotected, in an open field, trying to determine the distance of howling coyotes.
To determine the distance to the target, the gunman shines a laser rangefinder attached to the rifle at whatever is shielding the enemy.
The magnetometer detected the field created by the induced current, and software sorted out the signal to determine the distance to the pipe.
In the 1700s, scientists realized that the transit of Venus could help determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Shapley was able to determine the distance to the globulars through the calibration of the intrinsic brightnesses of some variable stars found in them.
When designing the house, he put tape on the floor to precisely determine the distance he would have to cover in the "golden triangle" of the island worktop, the stove and the refrigerator.
Like the latest Doppler radar that tracks approaching storms, phased-array systems can determine the distance and closing rate of an approaching vehicle, and also add the capability to track its path continuously.
The Kosambi mapping function (Kosambi 1943) was applied to determine the distance between two loci.
A vertex method was proposed to determine the distance between two TFNs.
To determine the distance between two nodes, RSSI technique is typically adopted.
