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LENGTHS |
Distances |
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INCHES |
Crawls very short distances |
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LEAGUES |
Measured distances for sporting associations |
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ROVER |
Casual marks at uncertain distances. |
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ODOMETRY |
Measurement of distances by the odometer. |
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DROVE |
Herd (cattle or sheep) over long distances |
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LONGIMETRY |
The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. |
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NEARSIGHTED |
Seeing distinctly at short distances only;
shortsighted. |
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AMBULATOR |
An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also
perambulator. |
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PANTOMETER |
An instrument for measuring angles for determining
elevations, distances, etc. |
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NEPHELODOMETER |
An instrument for reckoning the distances or
velocities of clouds. |
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SOBOLES |
A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at
short distances. |
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NAUSCOPY |
The power or act of discovering ships or land at
considerable distances. |
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DELINEATOR |
A perambulator which records distances and delineates a
profile, as of a road. |
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HELIOMETRY |
The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of
heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer. |
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STADIMETER |
A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as
a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances. |
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ITINERARY |
An account of travels, or a register of places and
distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus. |
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COEHORN |
A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with
handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men. |
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OMNIBUS |
A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many
people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in
conveying passengers short distances. |
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SCALE |
A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing
proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet,
etc., for a map or plan. |
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LABYRINTH |
A series of canals through which a stream of water is
directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different
distances, the ground ore of a metal. |
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ASTRONOMY |
The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of
their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses,
constitution, physi... |
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ORRIS |
A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is
worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical
figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them. |
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ANABAS |
A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living
long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable
distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes. |
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CIPPUS |
...ving an
inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for
indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral
ins... |