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meridian circle — Circle Cir cle (s[ e]r k l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri kos, ki rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum }.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meridian Arts Ensemble — The Meridian Arts Ensemble is an American chamber music ensemble based in New York City, specializing in the performance of new works for brass and percussion. Contents 1 Instrumentation 2 History 3 Awards and albums … Wikipedia
meridian — 1. [TA] A line encircling a globular body at right angles to its equator and touching both poles, or the half of such a circle extending from pole to pole. SYN: meridianus [TA]. 2. In acupuncture, the lines connecting different anatomical sites.… … Medical dictionary
arc of meridian — 1. : a portion of a great circle of a sphere used especially with reference to the earth or the celestial sphere 2. : a portion of a meridian curve … Useful english dictionary
Osculating circle of a curve — Circle Cir cle (s[ e]r k l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri kos, ki rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum }.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Degree of a curve — Degree De*gree , n. [F. degr[ e], OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See {Degrade}.] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loxodromic curve — Loxodromic Lox o*drom ic, a. [Gr. ? slanting, oblique + ? a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. [1913 Webster] {Loxodromic curve} or {Loxodromic line} (Geom.), a line on the surface… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dehn surgery — In topology, a branch of mathematics, a Dehn surgery, named after Max Dehn, is a specific construction used to modify 3 manifolds. The process takes as input a 3 manifold together with a link. Dehn surgery can be thought of as a two stage process … Wikipedia
Whitehead manifold — In mathematics, the Whitehead manifold is an open 3 manifold that is contractible, but not homeomorphic to R3. Henry Whitehead discovered this puzzling object while he was trying to prove the Poincaré conjecture.A contractible manifold is one… … Wikipedia
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