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Angular distanceAngular An"gu*lar, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle,
corner. See Angle.]
1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or
angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered;
pointed; as, an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
appearance; an angular female.
Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture,
Distance.
Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or
fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the
angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to
the body.
Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle
meet; the vertex.
Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time
employed in describing. Assistance
Assistance As*sist"ance, n. [Cf. F. assistance.]
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor;
support.
Without the assistance of a mortal hand. --Shak.
2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. [Obs.]
Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord
mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John
Cavendish. --Fuller.
3. Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]
Boastance
Boastance Boast"ance, n.
Boasting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Causes of instanceInstance In"stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first
tried.
For instance, by way of example or illustration.
Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See Example. Circumstance
Circumstance Cir"cum*stance, v. t.
To place in a particular situation; to supply relative
incidents.
The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to
him and circumstanced them, after his own manner.
--Addison.
CircumstanceCircumstance Cir"cum*stance, n. [L. circumstantia, fr.
circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around;
circum + stare to stand. See Stand.]
1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects,
a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
The circumstances are well known in the country
where they happened. --W. Irving.
2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.
The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror
weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in
history. --Addison.
3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]
So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit
that we shake hands and part. --Shak.
4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of
property; situation; surroundings.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are
naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison.
Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.]
Under the circumstances, taking all things into
consideration.
Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition;
position; fact; detail; item. See Event. Circumstanced
Circumstanced Cir"cum*stanced, p. a.
1. Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.
The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced
will balance each other. --Whewell.
2. Governed by events or circumstances. [Poetic & R.] ``I
must be circumstanced.' --Shak.
ConstancyConstancy Con"stan*cy, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance.
See Constant.]
1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast;
freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability;
as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.
2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution;
especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness
in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability;
fidelity.
A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. --Shak.
Constancy and contempt of danger. --Prescott.
Syn: Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence;
steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness. Court of first instanceInstance In"stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first
tried.
For instance, by way of example or illustration.
Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See Example. Desistance
Desistance De*sist"ance, n. [Cf. F. desistance.]
The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] --Boyle.
If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed
by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom
out of working order. --H. Spencer.
DistanceDistance Dis"tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely.
I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
distanced thence. --Fuller.
2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
remote.
His peculiar art of distancing an object to
aggrandize his space. --H. Miller.
3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n.,
3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
He distanced the most skillful of his
contemporaries. --Milner. DistancedDistance Dis"tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely.
I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
distanced thence. --Fuller.
2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
remote.
His peculiar art of distancing an object to
aggrandize his space. --H. Miller.
3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n.,
3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
He distanced the most skillful of his
contemporaries. --Milner. DistancingDistance Dis"tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distancing.]
1. To place at a distance or remotely.
I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles
distanced thence. --Fuller.
2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem
remote.
His peculiar art of distancing an object to
aggrandize his space. --H. Miller.
3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n.,
3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
He distanced the most skillful of his
contemporaries. --Milner. Distancy
Distancy Dis"tan*cy, n.
Distance. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Equidistance
Equidistance E`qui*dis"tance, n.
Equal distance.
EstanciaEstancia Es*tan"ci*a, n. [Sp. See Stanza.]
A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America] Focal distance of a telescopeFocal Fo"cal, a. [Cf. F. focal. See Focus.]
Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.
Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the
distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or
mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its
optical center.
Focal distance of a telescope, the distance of the image of
an object from the object glass. Focal distance or length of a lens or mirrorFocal Fo"cal, a. [Cf. F. focal. See Focus.]
Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.
Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the
distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or
mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its
optical center.
Focal distance of a telescope, the distance of the image of
an object from the object glass. For instanceInstance In"stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first
tried.
For instance, by way of example or illustration.
Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See Example. InconstanceInconstance In*con"stance, n. [F. See Inconstancy.]
Inconstancy. --Chaucer. Inconstancy
Inconstancy In*con"stan*cy, n. [L. inconstantia.]
The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy;
mutability; fickleness; variableness.
For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than
lightness and inconstancie in love. --Spenser.
Indistancy
Indistancy In*dis"tan*cy, n.
Want of distance o? separation; nearness. [Obs.] --Bp.
Pearson.
InstanceInstance In"stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Instancing.]
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to
instance a fact. --H. Spenser.
I shall not instance an abstruse author. --Milton. Instance
Instance In"stance, v. i.
To give an example. [Obs.]
This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in
families too. --Jer. Taylor.
InstanceInstance In"stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first
tried.
For instance, by way of example or illustration.
Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See Example. Instance CourtInstance In"stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first
tried.
For instance, by way of example or illustration.
Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See Example. InstancedInstance In"stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Instancing.]
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to
instance a fact. --H. Spenser.
I shall not instance an abstruse author. --Milton. InstancingInstance In"stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Instancing.]
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to
instance a fact. --H. Spenser.
I shall not instance an abstruse author. --Milton. Instancy
Instancy In"stan*cy, n.
Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with
so great instancy gave. --Hooker.
Irresistance
Irresistance Ir`re*sist"ance, n.
Nonresistance; passive submission.
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