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  • ANTIPERISTASIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ANTIPERISTASIS

    in Philosophy, the Action of two opposite Qualities, one whereof, by its Opposition excites and heightens the Force of the other. See QUALITY. This Word is Greek, Ἀντιπερίστασις; formed of ἀντί, contra against, and περιίστημι, to stand round: q.d....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Philosophy

  • ANGLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ANGLE

    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 HGI, fig. 94. See...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geometry

  • OPPOSITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/OPPOSITION

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASPECThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/perspective/ASPECT

    ASPECT,Aspectus, in Perspective, Gardening, etc. See PROSPECT, EXPOSURE, etc. Aspect, in Astronomy, is used for the Situation of the Stars, or Planets, in respect of each other; or certain Configurations, and mutual Relations between the Planets,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Perspective

  • OPPOSITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/OPPOSITES

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface

    be. I may even add, that the making a Difference between the two Sciences, and rendering them branches independent of, and opposite to each other, has proved most pernicious to both; and been the great Source both of Irreligion and Ignorance, which will...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction

  • ANTITHESIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ANTITHESIS

    of Opposition to each other, that the Excellency of the one, and the Folly of the other may appear the more strongly. See OPPOSITE and OPPOSITION. Such is that of Cicero, in the second Catilinarian: “On the one side stands Modesty, on the other...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Rhetoric

  • ACTUALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACTUAL

    ACTUAL, something real and effective; or that exists truly and absolutely. See REAL, EXISTENCE, etc. In Philosophy, we say, actual Heat, or Cold; in opposition to Virtual or Potential. See POTENTIAL, etc. Actual Heat, considered actively, is the act of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    as Unity, Multitude, Infinity, Universal, &c. Quantity, Quality, Whole, Part, &c. Genus, Species, Difference, &c. Proper, Opposite, Circumslance, External, &c. Effects hereof, Knowledge, Science, Art, Experience, &c. Conditions, Probability, Certainty,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction

  • ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION

    effect of something that went before it, and the cause of what follows. In the causes of an action, one may observe two opposite designs; the first, and principal, is that of the hero: The second comprehends all their designs, who oppose the pretensions...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Physics

  • ALTITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ALTITUDE

    a right Angle, 'tis easy to find the Line AC; since, in the Triangle ACD, we have two Angles, viz. C and D, and a side opposite to one of them, CD, to find the Side opposite to the other: for which we have this Canon.—As the Sine of the Angle A, is to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geometry

  • ALTERNATE Angleshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ALTERNATE%20Angles

    Angles, in Geometry, are the internal Angles made by a Line cutting two Parallels, and lying on the opposite Sides of the cutting Line; the one below the first Parallel, and the other above the second. See ANGLE. Thus, a and b, and x and y, (Tab....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geometry

  • ALGEBRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRA

    ALGEBRA, a Method of resolving Problems by means of Equations. See PROBLEM, and EQUATION. Some Authors define Algebra the Art of solving all Problems capable of being solved: But this is rather the Idea of Analysis, or the Analytic Art. See ANALYSIS.The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    Effervescence ensues thereon. See EFFERVESCENCE, etc. And hence arises the grand Division of Natural Bodies into the two opposite Classes of Acids and Alkalies. See ACID. Boerhaave scarce takes this Circumstance to be enough to constitute any...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chymistry

  • ABSTRACThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSTRACT

    in the general, wherever sound. See GENERAL. From the Knowledge of Abstracts we arrive at that of Concretes, which is the opposite Term ; Concrete denoting a General or Abstract Idea's being attach'd to same particular Subject, or consider'd as combin'd...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Philosophy

  • AGENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AGENT

    or Physical Agents are those directly determined by nature to produce one type of effect, incapable of producing the opposite. For instance, fire only heats and does not also cool. Free or Voluntary Agents can perform any action or its opposite, acting...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Physics

  • AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS

    cylinder is formed. See CYLINDER. Though, both in right and oblique cylinders, the right line joining the centres of the opposite bases, is also called the axis of the cylinder. Axis of a Cone is the right line or side upon which the right angled...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APOGEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APOGEE

    is at the greatest Distance that it can be at, from the Earth, in its whole Revolution. See APSIS, EARTH, PLANET, etc. The opposite Point hereto, is called the Perigee. See PERIGEE. The ancient Astronomers, regarding the Earth as the Centre of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Astronomy

  • ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES

    or Antoecians, in Geography, a relative Term, understood of such Inhabitants of the Earth as live diametrically opposite to one another. See EARTH. The Antipodes are those who live in Parallels of Latitude equally distant from the Equator, the one...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geography

  • ATTRACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ATTRACTION

    EVAPORATION, etc. For the Phenomena of magnetical and electrical Attraction, see Magnetism and Electricity. The Power opposite to Attraction is called Repulsion; which is also argued to have some Place in natural Things. See REPULSION. ATTRACTION, or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Mechanics
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