minor planets

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• minor

  mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project. I Lit. (only p...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• minor

  minor (1) ātus, ārī, dep.minae, to jut forth, project : minantur In caelum scopuli, V.— To threate...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Minor

  ·noun A Minorite; a Franciscan friar. II. Minor ·adj Less by a semitone in interval or difference o...

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• inferior planets

  This name, the opposite of superior, is applied to Mercury and Venus, because they revolve in orbits...

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• planets, primary

  Those beautiful opaque bodies which revolve about the sun as a centre, in nearly circular orbits. (S...

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• planets, secondary

  The satellites, or moons, revolving about some of the primary planets the moon being our satellite. ...

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• superior planets

  Those which revolve about the sun as a centre, outside the earth's orbit; the opposite of inferior. ...

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• Petras Minor

  PETRAS MINOR(Πέτρας ὁ μικρός, Scyl. l. c.;Ptol. 4.5.2; Stadiasm. § 39), a harbour of Marmarica, half...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• minor clergy

  Young chimney sweepers. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• minor axis

  In a planetary orbit, signifies the line perpendicular to the major axis, and passing through the ce...

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• ursa minor

  An ancient northern constellation, in which the north polar star is situated. ...

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• urinal of the planets

  Ireland: so called from the frequent rains in that island. ...

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• nubeculæ, major and minor

  The Magellanic clouds (which see). ...

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