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So :: So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as..

Distant :: Distant (a.) Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives..

Depositor :: Depositor (n.) One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements..

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

Eye :: Eye (n.) That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.

Place :: Place (n.) To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis..

Relationist :: Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation.

Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them..

Respective :: Respective (a.) Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Astrometry :: Astrometry (n.) The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes..

Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..

Anthotaxy :: Anthotaxy (n.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

Tenant :: Tenant (n.) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2..

Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

Short :: Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30..

Integration :: Integration (n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.

Irrelate :: Irrelate (a.) Irrelative; unconnected.

Phyllotaxis :: Phyllotaxis (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

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