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712 words match “LANE”

INTERIOR a.
y these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle. -- Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth. -- Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.
INTERNAL a.
Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial. Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior. -- Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.
INTRAMERCURIAL a.
Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.
ISOMETRIC; ISOMETRICAL a.
-- Isometrical projection, a species of orthographic projection, in which but a single plane of projection is used. It is so named from the fact that the projections of three equal lines, parallel respectively to three rectangular axes, are equal to one another. This kind of projection is principally used in delineat…
JIM-CROW n.
A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.
JOG n.
arity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane. Glanvill. Jog trot, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to. T. Hook.
JOINT n.
A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
JOINTER n. 2 definitions
A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially:
JOINTING n.
ine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.
JOVE n.
The planet Jupiter. [R.] Pope.
JOVIAL a.
Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. [Obs.] Our jovial star reigned at his birth. Shak. The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. Sir T. Browne.
JOVIAN a.
Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).
JOVICENTRIC a.
Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter. [R.] J. R. Hind.
JUPITER n.
One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity. Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) (a) A South European herb, with cym…
LACTIC a.
e lactic acid), but the latter is optically inactive, while sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the right. The third acid, ethylene lactic acid, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically inactive. -- Lactic ferment, an organized ferment (Bacterium lacticum or lactis), which…
LAMB n.
sed as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.…
LATERAD adv.
Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
LATERAL a. 2 definitions
Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
LAW n.
-- Bode's law (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ---4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where e…
LEDGMENT n.
The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained. Gwilt. [Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement.]
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