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Half-moon

The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Month 70% connected

One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of…

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Nail 70% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Lunula 92% connected

Same as Lunule.

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Lunule 92% connected

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.

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(astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

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Apoapsis noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited

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Autumnal equinox noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo

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Barycenter noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve

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Celestial latitude noun · 78% connection

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Celestial longitude noun · 78% connection

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Copernican system noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun

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Date of reference noun · 78% connection

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Ephemeris time noun · 78% connection

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Equinoctial point noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

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Extragalactic nebula noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "‘extragalactic…

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Hour angle noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the righ…

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Hubble law noun · 78% connection

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Hubble's law noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from…

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Inclination noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

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Inclination of an orbit noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

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Inferior conjunction noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun

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Astragal noun · 78% connection

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

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Boomerang noun · 78% connection

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

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Broadcloth noun · 78% connection

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction fr…

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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Capacity noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usua…

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Crescent noun · 78% connection

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…

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Dichotomy noun · 78% connection

That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

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Digit noun · 78% connection

One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight dig…

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Discoid adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

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Discus noun · 78% connection

A disk. See Disk.

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Disk noun · 78% connection

A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

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Disk cache noun · 78% connection

a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slo…

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