semi-diameter

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• diameter

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• semi

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• semi-

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• Semi-

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• diameter, apparent

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• Semi circumference

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• Semi pupa

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• Semi-Arian

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• Semi-Arianism

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• Semi-Christianized

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• Semi-Diesel

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• Semi-Pelagian

  ·adj Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets. II. Semi-Pelagian ·noun A follower of...

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• Semi-Pelagianism

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• Semi-Saxon

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• semi-islet

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• semi-diurnal arc

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• augmentation of the moon's diameter

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