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RIGHTANGLED |
At 90 degrees |
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PERPENDICULAR |
A straight line at 90 degrees to a surface |
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RIGHTANGLE |
90 degrees |
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RIGHT-ANGLED |
At 90° to (5-6) |
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ACUTE |
Less than 90 degrees (angle) |
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SOUTHEAST |
At 135 degrees from north |
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PLUCK |
To reject at an examination for degrees. |
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DIAMOND |
The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having
the bases at its angles. |
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MODERATION |
The first public examinations for degrees at the
University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. |
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CONGREGATION |
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or
Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. |
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QUADRANT |
The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a
circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center. |
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QUADRATURE |
...nother
when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at
an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.... |
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TROT |
The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a
walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and
the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. |
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LONGITUDE |
The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal
equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic
passing through the hea... |
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MODERATOR |
In the University of Oxford, an examiner for
moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for
degrees; at Dublin, either the f... |
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COLURE |
One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in
the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial
points, and hence... |
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MUSIC |
...ds, i. e.,
sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous
vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the sc... |