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Divergency

A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

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Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Diverge 74% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

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Diverge 74% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

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Divergent 74% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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Divergent 74% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

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Divergence 92% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Convergency 94% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

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Convergency 94% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

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Convergence noun · 86% connection

the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit

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Exponential series noun · 86% connection

a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression

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Fourier series noun · 86% connection

the sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions

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Geometric series noun · 86% connection

a geometric progression written as a sum

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Power series noun · 86% connection

the sum of terms containing successively higher integral powers of a variable

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(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis

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(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…

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(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

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(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

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(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

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(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Angle noun · 78% connection

The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…

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Antiparallels n. pl. · 78% connection

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

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Axil noun · 78% connection

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Bell crank unknown · 78% connection

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

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Bevel noun · 78% connection

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Centrolinead noun · 78% connection

An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

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Centrolineal adjective · 78% connection

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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Cissoid noun · 78% connection

A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle…

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