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Whereat :: Whereat (adv.) At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.

Percarbide :: Percarbide (n.) A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.

Pahoehoe :: Pahoehoe (n.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a..

Theretofore :: Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.

Commutative :: Commutative (a.) Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.

Related :: Related (p. p. & a.) Same as Relative, 4..

Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

Quality :: Quality (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it..

When :: When (adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

Suggestive :: Suggestion (n.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown..

Collimation :: Collimation (n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument..

Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..

Relatively :: Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.

Open :: Open (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say..

Footing :: Footing (n.) Relative condition; state.

Figure :: Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

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