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Longitude

Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

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Longitudinal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

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Longitudinal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

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Latitude noun · 86% connection

the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

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Scale noun · 85% connection

the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"

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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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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, measure, distance, along, longest.
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Bar noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purpo…

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Board noun · 78% connection

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Body noun · 78% connection

A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

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Broad superl. · 78% connection

Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

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Diameter noun · 78% connection

The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

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Directrix noun · 78% connection

A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: length, measure, distance, along, longest.
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Distance noun · 78% connection

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; meas…

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Drawing-room noun · 78% connection

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

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Finger noun · 78% connection

The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…

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Half-ray noun · 78% connection

A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line dr…

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Inch adjective · 78% connection

Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch…

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Indentation noun · 78% connection

The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way…

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Juger noun · 78% connection

A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.

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Jupiter noun · 78% connection

One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revo…

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