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Northeast

The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

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North 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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North 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person…

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Ne 92% connected

Not; never.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Northeasterly 92% connected

Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Northeastern 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

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Northeastward 92% connected

Alt. of Northeastwardly

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Amplitude noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…

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Analemma noun · 78% connection

An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east…

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Circle noun · 78% connection

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed poi…

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Clearance noun · 78% connection

The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a stea…

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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…

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Country adverb · 78% connection

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…

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Curtate adjective · 78% connection

Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the dist…

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Directrix noun · 78% connection

A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio t…

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East adjective · 78% connection

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

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Easting noun · 78% connection

The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward…

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Eastwards adverb · 78% connection

Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

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Elongation noun · 78% connection

Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

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Equal adjective · 78% connection

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied…

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Equidistant adjective · 78% connection

Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.

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Focus noun · 78% connection

A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point o…

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Hyperbola noun · 78% connection

A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…

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Kepler's second law noun · 78% connection

a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times; "…

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Law of areas noun · 78% connection

a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times; "…

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