Skip while maintaining standard time interval (8)
I believe the answer is:
distance
'interval' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for distance that I've seen before include "Space between things" , "Space between two objects or points" , "Interval between two points" , "Ascend it from one point to another" , "Space between two places" .)