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  • Vertical

    ·noun Vertical position; zenith. II. Vertical ·noun A vertical line, plane, or circle. III. Vertic...

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  • Plan

    ·adj A method; a way of procedure; a custom. II. Plan ·vt To form a delineation of; to <<Draught>>;...

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  • plan

    The area or imaginary surface defined by, or within any described lines. In ship-building, the plan ...

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  • prime vertical

    That great circle which passes through the zenith and the east and west points of the horizon. ...

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  • vertical angles

    Opposite angles made by two lines cutting or crossing each other, and are always equal. (See angle o...

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  • vertical circles

    Great circles of the sphere intercepting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon...

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  • vertical fire

    In artillery, that directed upward at such an angle as that it will fall vertically, or nearly so, t...

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  • vertical force

    The centre of displacement is also that of the centre of vertical force that the water exerts to sup...

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  • American plan

    ·add. ·- In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other c...

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  • Contribution plan

    ·add. ·- A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy the excess of premiums and interest...

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  • body-plan

    The draught of a proposed ship, showing the breadth and timbers; it is a section supposed to cut the...

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  • horizontal plan

    In ship-building, the draught of a proposed ship, showing the whole as if seen from above. ...

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  • sheer-plan

    The draught of the side of a proposed ship, showing the length, depth, rake, water-lines, &c. ...

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  • half-breadth plan

    In ship-building, the same as floor-plan. ...

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  • angle of the vertical

    The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...

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  • Hollar's Plan of London

    Wenceslaus Hollar was appointed by the King to make exact plan and survey of the City after the Fire...

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  • plan of the transoms

    The horizontal appearance of them, to which the moulds are made, and the bevellings taken. ...

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