The apparent time by the sun, or the sidereal time of the moon, or planets, or stars, from the meridian.
·adj Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. II. Horary ·adj Occurring once an hour; continu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The figure made by. two lines which meet. II. Angle ·noun A projecting or sharp corner; an an...
The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each oth...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The march or movement of any heavenly body in the space of an hour. ...
Tables for facilitating the determination of horary angles. ...
·add. ·- The angle, ·esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aeroplane will glide to ear...
·add. ·- The angle expressing phase relation. ...
·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of rela...
a method of fencing sheep-grounds, used at Exmoor in Somersetshire. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See angle-dog ...
, or angle-twitch A large earth-worm, sought for bait. ...
Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...
In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...
In fortification, that formed by the exterior side and the line of defence. ...
In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence. ...
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...
The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian. ...
One measuring above 90°, and therefore beyond a right angle; called by shipwrights standing bevellin...
The angle made at a star by arcs passing through the zenith and pole respectively. ...
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
In fortification, one of which the point projects outwards. ...
One like a sistrum, the Egyptian musical instrument. ...
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
a slatternly lazy wench. S. ...
The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter be...
An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit. ...
See elevation, angle of. ...
See incidence, angle of. ...
A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they a...
See reflection, angle of. ...
This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see)...
In gunnery, that which the axis of the bore makes with the plane of the horizon. It is attained by s...
That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line dra...
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place. ...
Whether the instance be a ray of light or a cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be foun...
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...
See epaule. ...
The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...