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Circle :: Circle (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

Equant :: Equant (n.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun..

Node :: Node (n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary..

Granite :: Granite (n.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure..

Bit :: Bit (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.

Motion :: Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..

Zodiacal :: Zodiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets..

Elevation :: Elevation (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography..

Plane-parallel :: Plane-parallel (a.) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass..

Aphelion :: Aphelion (n.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion..

Dextro- :: Dextro- () having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid..

Plano-orbicular :: Plano-orbicular (a.) Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other..

Hemisect :: Hemisect (v. t.) To divide along the mesial plane.

Planer :: Planer (n.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even..

Talisman :: Talisman (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane..

Quindecagon :: Quindecagon (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides..

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