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Aberration
noun · 78% connection
The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Accidental
noun · 78% connection
Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Beam
noun · 78% connection
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Deflection
noun · 78% connection
The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; devi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Dexter
adjective · 78% connection
On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Dextrality
noun · 78% connection
The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Dextro-
unknown · 78% connection
having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
East
noun · 78% connection
The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Eclipse
noun · 78% connection
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Elbow
noun · 78% connection
Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Firefly
noun · 78% connection
Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Gyroidal
adjective · 78% connection
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Halo
noun · 78% connection
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Inclinnation
noun · 78% connection
The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 2…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.
Left-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: turning, causing, turn, toward, right.