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1. addiciǒun n.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition.

2. article n.

66 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

3. calculen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Math. To reckon or compute (sth.), count; prepare (a mathematical table); also, to suppose (that sth. is true); (b) astrol. to cast horoscopes, etc.; solve (a problem) by calculation, find (an…

4. cercle n.

155 quotations in 20 senses
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A geometrical circle; also, the circumference of a circle; rounde as a cercle.

5. composiciǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something…

6. dēnomināciǒun n.

16 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A name or designation; taken denominacioun, to receive a name or reputation; (b) the act of giving a name (to sth.), naming.

7. difference n.

69 quotations in 6 senses
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The fact of difference in kind; lack of identity, unlikeness, dissimilarity, diversity: (a) without constr.; (b) with prep. phr.; (c) with gen.

8. dī̆minūciǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Diminishing in numbers or quantity, lessening; reduction, decrease; (b) math. subtraction; (c) extenuation of sin.

9. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

10. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)

78 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious…

11. fō̆rmāl adj.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) In due or proper form; according to established procedure; orderly, correct, regular, conventional; formal argument, argument following the rules of logic; (b) ?beautiful, shapely.

12. inēquālitẹ̄ n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Unevenness in surface or contour; (b) disparity in size or strength; (c) irregularity in pulsation; (d) math. non-identity of numbers.

13. intercīse adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. Of a progression: broken at regular intervals.

14. līne n.(1)

237 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A cord or rope; a leash, sounding line, etc.; drauen bi o line, to pull on the same rope, pull together; line wie, a towpath; (b) a fishline; also fig.; hok and line, etc.; ground line [see ground

15. ǒmbre n.

42 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Shadow, shade; also fig.; ?cloudy or overcast weather [quot.: c1400(?c1380)]; (b) ombre of deth (sorwe and sinne), transl. L umbra mortis: the shadow of death; (c) under the ombre, in the shadow…

16. parfī̆t adj.

250 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Flawless, unblemished; also fig.; of persons, actions, intentions: faultless, blameless; of gold, metal: perfectly refined; of a soul: pure; of law: incorrupt; of sight, light: unobscured…

17. prōgressiǒun n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A journey; also, a military sally; (b) the action of proceeding from one stage to another in any operation or development; a natural process; ?also, a process of production; birth; (c) math. a…

18. quantitẹ̄ n.

147 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Size in three dimensions, magnitude, volume, capacity; open quantite, capacity of something when empty; (b) size in length; stature; also fig.; (c) circumference; (d) size of a surface area; also…

19. reserven v.

75 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To keep (sth.), preserve, save, retain; preserve (sth. in remembrance); (b) to set aside (money, property for a specific purpose); keep (sb. or sth.) for future use; (c) to allow (sb.) to live…

20. residūe n.

50 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) What remains of a thing or group of things, what is left; the rest; -- also pl.; residue of eruke, what the caterpillar leaves; (b) the remaining part of an estate not specifically bequeathed; (c)…