Cyclopædia
Assuming vertical is required, the following 11 results were found.
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VERTICAL Circlehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/VERTICAL-Circle
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANGLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ANGLE
See OBLIQUE. With regard to their Situation in respect of each other, Angles are divided into Contiguous, Adjacent, Vertical, Alternate, and Opposite. Contiguous ANGLES, are such as have the same Vertex, and one Leg common to both. Such are FGH, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geometry
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ALTITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ALTITUDE
Refraction has been subtracted. See TRUE, APPARENT, &c. The Altitude of a Star, or other Point, is properly an Arch of a Vertical Circle, intercepted between the assigned Point and the Horizon. See VERTICAL.—Hence, Meridian Altitude.—The Meridian being...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geometry
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
EXTENDED, or Continuous QUANTITY, viz. l°, Lines, Right, Perpendicular, Parallel, Oblique, &c. Angles, Acute, Scalenous, Vertical, Opposite, &c. z°, Figures, or Surfaces, Triangle, Square, Parallelogram, Trapezium, Polygon, &c. Circumstances hereof, as...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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AZIMUTHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/AZIMUTH
azimuth of the sun, or a star, is an arch of the horizon; comprehended between the meridian of the place, and any given vertical. See MERIDIAN and VERTICAL. The azimuth is the complement of the eastern and western amplitude to a quadrant. See AMPLITUDE....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AZIMUTHShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZIMUTHS
called also vertical circles, are great circles intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles. See VERTICAL. The horizon being divided into 360°; for this reason they usually conceive 360 azimuths—These...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Geometryhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry
EXTENDED, or Continuous QUANTITY, viz. l°, Lines, Right, Perpendicular, Parallel, Oblique, &c. Angles, Acute, Scalenous, Vertical, Opposite, &c. z°, Figures, or Surfaces, Triangle, Square, Parallelogram, Trapezium, Polygon, &c. Circumstances hereof, as...
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Astronomyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy
ASTRONOMY, or the Doctrine of the HEAVENS ; Their Circles, Ecliptic, Zodiack, Meridian, Equator, Vertical, Azimuth. Galaxy, &c. Points, as Pole, Zenith, Nadir, &c. Celestial Bodies, viz. Stars, Sun, &c. Assemblage thereof, into Sign, Constellation, &c....
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ASCHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCH
Year, have no Shadow. See Globe and Shadow. Such are the Inhabitants of the Torrid Zone; by reason the Sun is sometimes vertical to them. See Torrid and Zone. To find on what Days the People of any Parallel are Aschii. See GLOBE. The Word is formed of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE
in the Periphery. The Measure of an Angle without the Centre, is half of the Arches HI and LM, whereon it and its Vertical K do stand. Angle of Contact, is that made by the Arch of a Circle and a Tangent in the Point of Contact—Such is the angle HLM,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASCLEPIADhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCLEPIAD
ASCLEPIAD,Asclepiadeus, a Greek or Latin Verse of four Feet, containing a Spondee, a Choriambus, and two Dactyls. See FOOT and VERSE. Such is the Verse, Mecenas atavis Edite Regibus. Or of four Feet, and a long Syllable; the first a Spondee, and the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified