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| abacus |
a device used to make arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame with parallel rods or grooves that hold movable counters such as beads. |
| abscissa |
the distance of a point from the vertical axis of a graph as measured parallel to the horizontal axis. (Cf. ordinate.) |
| Antarctic Circle |
an imaginary line drawn around the earth parallel to the equator and north of the South Pole. |
| Arctic Circle |
an imaginary line drawn around the earth parallel to the equator which marks the boundary of the Arctic. North of this line there are periods of continuous night in the winter and continuous day in the summer. |
| Bahamas |
(used with a pl. verb) a chain of islands southeast of Florida and roughly parallel to Cuba; Bahama Islands. [1/2 definitions] |
| balkline |
a line parallel and close to one end of a billiard table, from behind which the opening shot is made. |
| barrier island |
a long narrow island that is parallel to the mainland. A barrier island helps protect the shore from being worn away by the action of the ocean's waves. |
| barrier reef |
a ridge of coral running parallel to a coast. |
| catamaran |
a boat, usu. a sailboat, with parallel twin hulls. |
| christie |
(sometimes cap.) in skiing, any of several maneuvers for turning, slowing down, or stopping, esp. while keeping the skis parallel. |
| collateral |
extending in parallel or being to the side of. [1/5 definitions] |
| collimate |
to line up or make parallel (rays of light). [1/2 definitions] |
| collimator |
a device that transmits a beam of radiation, esp. light, as parallel rays. [1/2 definitions] |
| correlate |
to arrange, as two sets of data, so as to demonstrate or emphasize their causal, reciprocal, complementary, or parallel relationship. [2/4 definitions] |
| correlative |
in grammar, of or denoting a construction or paired words that indicate alternatives or reciprocal, mutual, or parallel relations, such as "either" and "or" in "He'll come either today or tomorrow" and "both" and "and" in "Both the house and the garage caught fire." [1/4 definitions] |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. [2 definitions] |
| crosshatch |
to shade (a drawing or the like) using many parallel and intersecting lines. |
| cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
| DEW line |
a line of radar stations, located along the seventieth parallel in Canada and the United States, that provides advance notice of approaching hostile aircraft or missiles (acronym for "distant early warning"). |
| diffraction grating |
a set of equidistant parallel lines or grooves made very close together on glass or polished metal, used to diffract light and produce a spectrum. |
| double-park |
to park (a vehicle) alongside another that is parked parallel to the curb. |
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