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  • 71Tibia — This article is about the vertebrate bone. For other uses, see Tibia (disambiguation). Bone: Tibia Plan of ossification of the tibia. From three centers. Gray s …

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  • 72slope — slopingly, adv. slopingness, n. /slohp/, v., sloped, sloping, n. v.i. 1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant. 2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They …

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  • 73backhanded — /bækˈhændəd/ (say bak handuhd) adjective 1. performed with the hand turned backwards, crosswise, or in any oblique direction, or with the back of the hand in the direction of the stroke. 2. sloping to the left: backhanded writing. 3. oblique or… …

  • 74glent — I. ˈglent, ˈglint intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English glenten to move quickly especially in an oblique direction, strike something obliquely and glance aside, look sideways at something, gleam, of Scandinavian origin; akin… …

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  • 75diagonal — diagonally, adv. /duy ag euh nl, ag nl/, adj. 1. Math. a. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. b. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane. 2. having an… …

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  • 76Saccade — A saccade is a fast movement of an eye, head or other part of an animal s body or device. It can also be a fast shift in frequency of an emitted signal or other quick change. However, this article deals with saccadic eye motion. Eye saccades are… …

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  • 77Requiem (Fauré) — une copie du manuscrit ; mesures 4 7 de l Introït et du Kyrie. Œuvre universelle, l une des plus connues du compositeur, la messe de Requiem en ré mineur, op. 48 de Gabriel Fauré, jouit d’une remarquable diffusion internationale au concert… …

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  • 78Slope — Slope, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another. [1913… …

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  • 79Slope of a plane — Slope Slope, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.… …

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  • 80cata-cornered — adj. having a slanted or oblique direction. Syn: bias, catacorner, catercorner, cater cornered, catty corner, catty cornered, diagonal, kitty corner, kitty cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [WordNet 1.5] …

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