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Aim
verb · 78% connection
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Amidships
adverb · 78% connection
In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Amplitude
noun · 78% connection
State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Anticlastic
adjective · 78% connection
Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Astatic
adjective · 78% connection
Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purpo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Barrel
noun · 78% connection
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Body
noun · 78% connection
The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Broad
superl. · 78% connection
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Commutator
noun · 78% connection
A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Course
noun · 78% connection
The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Crownwork
noun · 78% connection
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by win…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Direction
noun · 78% connection
The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the dire…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
End
noun · 78% connection
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Following
p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection
of Follow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Hornwork
noun · 78% connection
An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
Inclinnation
noun · 78% connection
The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: direction, breadth.
