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1. angle n.(2)

36 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A recess, nook, corner (of a building); angle hole an opening or niche in a wall; fig. angle of wrecchednesse [?cp. sense 4]; (b) a section (of a city, a country, etc.), esp. an outlying region or…

2. bāsis n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Geom. The base (of a pyramid).

3. cornēl, -elle n.

Additional spellings: cornelle
8 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Geom. An angle or corner (of a figure or instrument); (b) corner or angle (as of a wall or room); (c) fig. a recess (of the heart).

4. cornẹ̄̆r n.(1)

104 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Geom. A figure formed by converging lines; an angle; angle corner; even corner, a right angle; (b) an angle (of a certain shape); in six corneres shap, in hexagonal prisms; of (in) four corner(es

5. dīmensiǒun n.

13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Measurable extent, dimension; size; (b) geom. a mode of linear measurement; (c) a chronological measurement, ?the fourth dimension; (d) kepen dimensioun, to be moderate between extremes.

6. figūre n.

127 quotations in 12 senses
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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often…

7. pīramis n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The visual pyramid, the cone of rays supposed to extend from an object to the eye of the beholder; (b) pl. tombs; (c) geom. the figure of a pyramid.

8. plain(e adj.

Additional spellings: plaine
265 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Flat, level, even; of geographic areas: low in elevation, lowland; broad, flat; also, of an engraving: worked in low relief; plain contre (ground, place, thing), a plain, plateau, or lowland…

9. prō̆posiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A statement offered for consideration or as a basis for argument; statement forming part of a logical argument; a principle; (b) geom. a theorem; (c) a disquisition; logical argument; also, a part…

10. quart(e n.

Additional spellings: quarte
44 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A liquid measure of capacity, a quart; (b) a dry measure of capacity, a quart; (c) a unit of liquid measure of ten gallons; (d) a quart container; (e) quart botel (pot), a vessel holding a quart…

11. resolven v.

93 quotations in 5 senses
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To alter; alter (sth.) in form or nature by the application of some physical process or force such as heat, moisture, etc.: (a) to diminish, dissolve, lose substance; break (sth.) down into its…

12. spẹ̄re n.(3)

71 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The cosmos, composed of hollow concentric revolving spheres surrounding the earth; spere of the firmament; (b) the outermost sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile, regulating the motion of the…

13. superfice n.

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(a) The outer surface or exterior of the body; (b) geom. a plane surface having dimensions of length and width only, superficies; in the superfice of, very close to (sth.).

14. superficiā̆l adj.

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(a) On or at the surface of the skin, body, a boiling liquid, etc.; external; also, as noun: an outer surface or part; (b) without thorough understanding, cursory; (c) unimportant, insignificant; (d)…

15. superficīe n.

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(a) An outer surface or exterior; also [quot. c1475], ?the surface of a wound; ?the ends (of veins or arteries); (b) geom. a plane surface having dimensions of length and width only, superficies; in

16. tē̆rce n.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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Astron. and geom. A sixtieth part of a second of an arc, one thirty-six hundredth of a minute of an arc.

17. ūniforme adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Geom. Unvarying in formal characteristics, uniform.