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Trapezium

A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

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Carpal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.

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Quadrangle 76% connected

A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.

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Quadrilateral 76% connected

Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.

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Tetragon 76% connected

A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.

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Parallelogram 94% connected

A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangl…

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Parallelogram 94% connected

A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangl…

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

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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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(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

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

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

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Areolation noun · 78% connection

Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Bound verb · 78% connection

To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded ac…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Chiliahedron noun · 78% connection

A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Circle noun · 78% connection

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it…

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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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Couple adjective · 78% connection

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around paralle…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Curvilinear adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Diallel adjective · 78% connection

Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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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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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Grating noun · 78% connection

A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, figure, bounded, four, right.
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Herringbone noun · 78% connection

a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping th…

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