One whose plane does not pass through the centre of the sphere, and therefore divides it unequally. (See great circle.)
·adj Less; smaller; inferior. II. Lesser ·adv <<Less>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Compass; circuit; inclosure. II. Circle ·noun To move around; to revolve around. III. Circle...
A plane figure bounded by a line called the circumference, everywhere equally distant from a point w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally ...
·add. ·- That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath...
One of the lesser circles of the sphere, on the south parallel of the equator, and 23-1/2° from the ...
One whose assumed plane passes through the centre of the sphere, dividing it equally. ...
An instrument used instead of a sextant, quintant, or quadrant; but the quintant embraces as much vi...
Is a method for determining a series of points in an arc of a great circle between two points on the...
A circle of the heavens parallel to the equator, and at a distance from the pole of any place equal ...