module
Webster Dictionary
the size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection
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power
(ˈpaʊ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the magnifying capacity of a microscope, telescope, etc., expressed as the ratio of the diameter of the image to the diameter of the object.
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pumpkin-shaped
(oblate, pumpkin-shaped)
Princeton's WordNet
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
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oblate
(oblate, pumpkin-shaped)
Princeton's WordNet
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
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gauge
(ɪdʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, equal to the number of lead bullets of such diameter required to make one pound.
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prolate
(prolate, watermelon-shaped)
Princeton's WordNet
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
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watermelon-shaped
(prolate, watermelon-shaped)
Princeton's WordNet
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
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maine coon cat
(ɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
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digit
Webster Dictionary
one twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk
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victoria
Webster Dictionary
a genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet
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dynameter
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power
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semi-arian
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism
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semi-arianism
Webster Dictionary
the doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians
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semi-pelagian
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets
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semi-pelagianism
Webster Dictionary
the doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians
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ellipse
Webster Dictionary
an oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus
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eccentricity
Webster Dictionary
the ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis
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batter
Webster Dictionary
a semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery
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homoiousian
Webster Dictionary
one of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian
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gimbals
Webster Dictionary
a contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first
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hollander
Webster Dictionary
a very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker
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diam.
(ˈdaɪ əˌlaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
diameter.
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di.
(ˈdɜr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
diameter.
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d.
(di)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
diameter.
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dia.
(ˈdɜr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
diameter.
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o.d.
(ˈoʊˈdi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
outside diameter.
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od
(ˈoʊˈdi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
outside diameter.
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through
(through)
Princeton's WordNet
in diameter
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diametrical
(ˌdaɪ əˈmɛ trɪ kəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or along a diameter.
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id
(ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, i.d. inside diameter.
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