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Tend :: Tend (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..

Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.

Preceding :: Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2..

Down :: Down (adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Up-train :: Up-train () A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus.

Nebuly :: Nebuly (n.) A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbul.

Instruction :: Instruction (n.) Direction; order; command.

Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..

Tendency :: Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..

Provincial :: Provincial (n.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order..

Sematrope :: Sematrope (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.

Anisotropic :: Anisotropic (a.) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic..

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star..

Clinodiagonal :: Clinodiagonal (a.) Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal..

Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something..

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