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That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.

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Canvas 76% connected

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Collimator 76% connected

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.

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Contrast 76% connected

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

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Equatorial 76% connected

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

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Expanse 76% connected

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Gamut 76% connected

The scale.

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Horizon 76% connected

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 and sky.

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Internationalism 76% connected

The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

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Latitude 76% connected

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

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Palette 76% connected

A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.

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Pallet 76% connected

A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.

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Photoheliograph 76% connected

A modified kind of telescope adapted to taking photographs of the sun.

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Purview 76% connected

The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.

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Spectrum 76% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Extent 76% connected

Extended.

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Magnifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, magnifies.

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Telescopic 74% connected

Alt. of Telescopical

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Telescopic 74% connected

Alt. of Telescopical

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Component part 3

Aperture 70% connected

The act of opening.

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Finder 70% connected

One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for th…

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Prism 70% connected

A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

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Containing whole 1

Monitor 70% connected

One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

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Synonym 8

Ambit 92% connected

Circuit or compass.

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Background 92% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Compass 92% connected

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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Orbit 92% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Reach 92% connected

To retch.

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Setting 92% connected

of Set

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Telescope 92% connected

An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

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