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distances (noun)

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  • lunar distances — plural noun A method of finding longitude by comparison of the observed angular distance of the moon from a star at a known local time, with the tabulated angular distance at a certain Greenwich time • • • Main Entry: ↑lunar …   Useful english dictionary

  • homing pigeon — noun pigeon trained to return home • Syn: ↑homer • Hypernyms: ↑domestic pigeon • Hyponyms: ↑carrier pigeon * * * noun : a racing pigeon sometimes used for carrying messages and trained to return to its loft from distances up to 500 miles or more… …   Useful english dictionary

  • distance — noun 1 amount of space between two points ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, huge, large, long, vast ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • mean distance — noun the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary • Hypernyms: ↑distance * * * noun : the arithmetical mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a planet, satellite …   Useful english dictionary

  • light-year — noun the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers • Syn: ↑light year • Hypernyms: ↑astronomy unit • Part Meronyms: ↑light hour, ↑light minute, ↑light second …   Useful english dictionary

  • quarter horse — noun a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter mile races in Virginia • Hypernyms: ↑saddle horse, ↑riding horse, ↑mount * * * noun, pl ⋯ horses [count] : a small, strong horse that can run very fast for short distances * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cartesian coordinate — noun one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • least squares — noun a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve • Syn: ↑method of least squares • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑statistical method, ↑statistical procedure… …   Useful english dictionary

  • logarithmic scale — noun scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers • Hypernyms: ↑scale, ↑scale of measurement, ↑graduated table, ↑ordered series * * * noun : a scale on which actual… …   Useful english dictionary

  • polyconic projection — noun a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe • Hypernyms: ↑conic projection, ↑conical projection * * * noun : a map projection based on the development of a series of concentric cones… …   Useful english dictionary

  • health club — noun a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness • Syn: ↑health spa, ↑spa • Hypernyms: ↑place of business, ↑business establishment • Hyponyms: ↑fat farm * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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