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1 axis
['æksis]plural - axes; noun1) (the real or imaginary line on which a thing turns (as the axis of the earth, from North Pole to South Pole, around which the earth turns).) ο άξονας της Γης2) (a fixed line used as a reference, as in a graph: He plotted the temperatures on the horizontal axis.) άξονας -
2 seam
[si:m] 1. noun1) (the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces of cloth etc.) ραφή2) (the line where two things meet or join: Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.) αρμός,ένωση3) (a thin line or layer of coal etc in the earth: a coal seam.) φλέβα2. verb(to sew a seam in: I've pinned the skirt together but I haven't seamed it yet.) κάνω ραφή- the seamy side of life
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3 Centre
subs.P. and V. τὸ μέσον.The central point of the earth: P. and V. ὀμφαλός, ὁ (Plat., Rep. 427C).The shrine at earth's centre: V. μεσομφαλον ἵδρυμα, τό (Æsch., Cho. 1036).In the centre of the line of battle: P. κατὰ τὸ μέσον.met., starting-point: P. and V. ἀφορμή, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Centre
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4 furrow
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5 meridian
[mə'ridiən](an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place; any line of longitude.) ο μεσημβρινός -
6 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) κάτω2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) κάτω(στο έδαφος)3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) από γενιά σε γενιά4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) προς τα κάτω5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) νότια,στο κέντρο2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) (προς τα)κάτω3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) κατά μήκος3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) κατεβάζω- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) απόλυτος- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) πούπουλα- downie®- downy -
7 horizon
(the line at which the earth and the sky seem to meet: The sun went down below the horizon; A ship could be seen on the horizon.) ορίζοντας- horizontally -
8 the North Pole
(the northern end of the imaginary line through the earth, round which it turns.) Βόρειος Πόλος -
9 the South Pole
(the southern end of the imaginary line through the earth, round which it turns.) Νότιος Πόλος -
10 vertical
['və:tikəl](standing straight up at right angles to the earth's surface, or to a horizontal plane or line; upright: The hillside looked almost vertical.)
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