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a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is

To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.

A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare

ting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.

A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.

A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.

A prefix signifying between, among, part.

The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

nner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]

A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.

Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.

per part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.

Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. -- n.

The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea.

Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under Confessional.

An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.…

quipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body. Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers. Arbuthnot.

An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.