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Radius

A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.

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Length 76% connected

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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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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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Semidiameter 76% connected

Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumfe…

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Radial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals…

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Radial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals…

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Diameter 70% connected

Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundar…

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Forearm 70% connected

To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

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Spoke 92% connected

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Culture noun · 78% connection

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…

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Geographics noun · 78% connection

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

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Geography noun · 78% connection

study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

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Human adjective · 78% connection

relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

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Migration noun · 78% connection

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

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Outer space noun · 78% connection

any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in sp…

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Place noun · 78% connection

an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the…

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Population noun · 78% connection

the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

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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…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, line, drawn, extending, center.
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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,…

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Almucantar noun · 78% connection

A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have…

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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.…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, line, drawn, extending, center.
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Blastosphere noun · 78% connection

The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

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Celestial longitude noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to…

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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…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, line, drawn, extending, 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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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Contour noun · 78% connection

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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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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Eccentric adjective · 78% connection

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation fr…

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Elliptic geometry noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle; "Bernhard Riemann pionee…

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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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Equator noun · 78% connection

The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Generation noun · 78% connection

The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathemati…

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Geodesic noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a g…

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