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3 words match “ALLIGATION”

ALLIGATION n. 2 definitions
The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]
ALTERNATE a.
ights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. Gray. Alternate alligation. See Alligation. -- Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BG…
MEDIAL a.
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.