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Biquintile :: Biquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees..

Soho :: Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.

Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..

Far :: Far (a.) Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.

Ulteriorly :: Ulteriorly (adv.) More distantly or remotely.

Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..

Strange :: Strange (superl.) Reserved; distant in deportment.

Unco :: Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved..

Shot :: Shot (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot..

Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest..

Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..

Chilling :: Chilling (a.) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner..

Apsis :: Apsis (n.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides..

Equi- :: Equi- () A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..

Unneighborly :: Unneighborly (a.) Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.

Low :: Low (superl.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes..

Trioctile :: Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other..

Grating :: Grating (n.) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating..

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