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Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm..

Secant :: Secant (a.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold..

Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..

Self-centred :: Self-centred (a.) Centered in itself, or in one's self..

Adduct :: Adduct (v. t.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line.

Concentric :: Concentric (n.) That which has a common center with something else.

Center :: Center (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

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

Slue :: Slue (v. t.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body..

Palmatifid :: Palmatifid (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center..

Concentered :: Concentered (imp. & p. p.) of Concentr.

Centrostaltic :: Centrostaltic (a.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center.

Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..

Concentre :: Concentre (v. t.) To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate..

Self-centring :: Self-centring (a.) Centering in one's self.

Peripheral :: Peripheral (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system..

Radical :: Radical (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party..

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