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Equator

The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.

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Circle 76% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Equatorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

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Equatorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

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Balance noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

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Parallel noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"

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Plane noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two po…

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Ray noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

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Rotation noun · 78% connection

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

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Sheet noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two po…

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Symmetricalness noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

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Symmetry noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

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Translation noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axi…

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Analytic geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Analytical geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Area noun · 78% connection

the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

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Coordinate geometry noun · 78% connection

the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

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Expanse noun · 78% connection

the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

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Surface area noun · 78% connection

the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

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Absolute noun · 78% connection

In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

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Antarctic adjective · 78% connection

Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, d…

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Biquintile noun · 78% connection

An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees.

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Callosum noun · 78% connection

The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

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Capital adjective · 78% connection

An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

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Center noun · 78% connection

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middl…

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Central sulcus noun · 78% connection

a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes

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Coextension noun · 78% connection

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

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Deferent noun · 78% connection

An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle w…

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Epicycle noun · 78% connection

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

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Equivocal adjective · 78% connection

(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretat…

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Fissure of Rolando noun · 78% connection

a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes

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Geodesy noun · 78% connection

That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portion…

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Halfway adjective · 78% connection

Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

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Horizon noun · 78% connection

The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth…

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Inequidistant adjective · 78% connection

Not equally distant; not equidistant.

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Level noun · 78% connection

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…

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Meridian adjective · 78% connection

A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included be…

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