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Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..

Line :: Line (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

Beam :: Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat..

Climate :: Climate (v. i.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day..

Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

Grating :: Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..

Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..

Diallel :: Diallel (a.) Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel..

Prism :: Prism (n.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc..

Homoeomerous :: Homoeomerous (a.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Parallelly :: Parallelly (adv.) In a parallel manner; with parallelism.

Almucantar :: Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

Antiparallels :: Antiparallels (n. pl.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

Swig :: Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..

Parallelize :: Parallelize (v. t.) To render parallel.

Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..

Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) The quality or state of being parallel.

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df..

Level :: Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere..

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