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BEARINGS |
Relative position |
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DEGREE |
Relative position |
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HOMOLOGOUS |
Corresponding in relative position and proportion. |
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GRADATION |
Any degree or relative position in an order or series. |
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PROSPECT |
Relative position of the front of a building or other
structure; face; relative aspect. |
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FIGURE |
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative
position of the middle term. |
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SHUFFLE |
To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as,
to shuffle and cut. |
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ANTHOTAXY |
The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of
the relative position of flowers; inflorescence. |
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KEY |
A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative
position; a cotter; a forelock. |
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SIT |
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
relative position; to have direction. |
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STANDING |
Condition in society; relative position; reputation;
rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. |
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PHYLLOTAXIS |
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the
science of the relative position of leaves. |
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POSITION |
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as,
a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position. |
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MOTION |
Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. |
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SITUATION |
Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or
relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in
a dramatic scene. |
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CONFIGURATION |
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face
of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at
any time. |
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ADJUST |
To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an
instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or
microscope. |
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RATE |
To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount,
value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a
pension. |
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GRADE |
A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order;
relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of
every grade; grades of flour. |
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MANIKIN |
A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other
material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different
parts and organs, their relative position, etc. |
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STIR |
To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as
of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a
pudding with a spoon. |
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FLUID |
Having particles which easily move and change their relative
position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to
pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous. |
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SITUATED |
Having a site, situation, or location; being in a
relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town
situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore. |
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LINE |
The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as
to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the
engine is in line or out of line. |
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LIQUID |
A substance whose parts change their relative position on
the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any
substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform. |