truncation
(truncation)
Princeton's WordNet
the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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truncation
Webster Dictionary
the replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces
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inclined plane
(ɪnˈklaɪnd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle.
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helix
Webster Dictionary
a nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane
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slip
(ɪp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an inclined plane, sloping to the water, on which vessels are built or repaired.
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slope
(ʊp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to have an inclined or oblique direction or angle, esp. with reference to a horizontal plane; slant.
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wedge
(wedge)
Princeton's WordNet
something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
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parbuckle
(ˈpɑrˌbʌk əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or vertical surface.
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footstep
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane under a hand printing press
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slip
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair
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ramp
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels
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incline
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope
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truncated
Webster Dictionary
replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge
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sloping
Webster Dictionary
inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting
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clinopinacoid
Webster Dictionary
the plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes
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parabola
(əˈræb ə lə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane.
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screw
(screw)
Princeton's WordNet
a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
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slide
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down
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hyperbola
(ɪˈpɜr bə lə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x2/a2−y2/b2=±1.
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stock
Webster Dictionary
the block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock
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skid
Webster Dictionary
one of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling
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cradle
Webster Dictionary
a framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship
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roll
Webster Dictionary
to move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane
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fore plane
(fore plane)
Princeton's WordNet
a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane
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trace
Webster Dictionary
the intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane
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grade
Webster Dictionary
the rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264
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shoot
Webster Dictionary
an inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course
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subcontrary
Webster Dictionary
having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel
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router
(ˈraʊ tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called router plane. a plane for cutting interior angles, as at the bottom of a groove.
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vicinal
(ˈvɪs ə nl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting a crystal plane whose position varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.
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