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phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell.

real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map.

Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous. Improper diphthong. See under Diphthong. -- Improper feud, an originalfeud, not earned by military service. Mozley & W. -- Improper fraction. See under Fraction.

That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope.

Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.

A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially:

n a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. "In equal balance justly weighed." Shak. Nothing can justly be despised that can not justly be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no blame. South.

r's level, a telescope, with a spirit level attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in leveling; -- called also leveling instrument. -- Water level, an instrument to show the level by means the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected…

Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness, n. Poe.

t right angles to this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston. The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator, and this can be traced on…

Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. -- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.

Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

An inaccurate recital.