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Basin
noun · 78% connection
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
C. G. S.
unknown · 78% connection
An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Calorie
noun · 78% connection
The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Converse
noun · 78% connection
A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Deca-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decagramme
noun · 78% connection
A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decalitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decametre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decanter
noun · 78% connection
A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decigramme
noun · 78% connection
A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decilitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decillion
noun · 78% connection
According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Decimetre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Dioptric
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Dioptrical
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Equal
adjective · 78% connection
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Flint glass
unknown · 78% connection
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
Glass
verb · 78% connection
An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unit, employed, oculists, numbering, glasses.
