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  • 71proper motion — Astron. the angular motion of a star relative to a suitably defined frame of reference, expressed in seconds of arc per year. Cf. tangential motion. [1595 1605] * * * Apparent motion of a star across the celestial sphere at right angles to the… …

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  • 72proper — Synonyms and related words: Christian, OK, absolute, accepted, accommodated to, according to, according to Hoyle, accurate, acknowledged, adapted, adapted to, adjusted to, admitted, advantageous, advisable, after, agreeable to, agreeably to, all… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 73proper accounting records — Accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain an organization s transactions. For a company, the Companies Act requires that these records should be able to disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of… …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 74proper accounting records — Accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain an organization s transactions. For a company, the Companies Act requires that these records should be able to disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 75proper — adjective 1》 truly what something is said or regarded to be; genuine: she s never had a proper job.     ↘[postposition] strictly so called: the World Cup proper. 2》 suitable or appropriate; correct.     ↘respectable. 3》 (proper to) belonging or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 76proper fraction — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms proper fraction : singular proper fraction plural proper fractions maths a fraction in which the number above the line is smaller than the number below the line, for example ¼ …

    English dictionary

  • 77Proper — 1) Parts of the mass which change with the liturgical calendar or for a particular occasion; section of *breviary or *missal which contains the proper of the mass and offices proper to holy days. 2) Her. Describes an object as represented in its… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 78Proper Psalms —    Certain great days of the Church are so important in the truths they set forth, the Church hath thought good to order that all Holy Scriptures that can possibly be used in illustration thereof shall be read on those days. Thus in addition to… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 79proper — [13] Proper originally meant ‘belonging to itself, particular to itself’ (a sense now defunct in English except in certain fossilized contexts, such as the astronomical term proper motion). It comes via Old French propre from Latin prōprius… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 80proper — prop•er [[t]ˈprɒp ər[/t]] adj. 1) adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; suitable 2) conforming to established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous 3) fitting; right 4) belonging or pertaining exclusively to a… …

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