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Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

Prefiguration :: Prefiguration (n.) The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured..

Lance :: Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure..

Line :: Line (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline..

Rhomb :: Rhomb (n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square..

Patchwork :: Patchwork (n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up..

Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.

Repetend :: Repetend (n.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283..

Segment :: Segment (n.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration..

Diaphane :: Diaphane (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.

Nonagon :: Nonagon (n.) A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster..

Embossment :: Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect..

Preraphaelite :: Preraphaelite (a.) Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape..

Ceroplastic :: Ceroplastic (a.) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure..

Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity..

Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe..

Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.

Base :: Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

Periphery :: Periphery (n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure..

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