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Figure :: Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Whence :: Whence (adv.) From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively..

Drawee :: Drawee (n.) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..

Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..

Equivalence :: Equivalence (n.) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2..

Vendor :: Vendor (n.) A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..

Consignee :: Consignee (n.) The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

Whereby :: Whereby (adv.) By which; -- used relatively.

Orrery :: Orrery (n.) An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system..

Relativity :: Relativity (n.) The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject..

Phyllotaxis :: Phyllotaxis (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Why :: Why (adv.) The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative..

Comparatively :: Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

Whereto :: Whereto (adv.) To which; -- used relatively.

Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

Whereof :: Whereof (adv.) Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively..

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