Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising Definitions of All the Terms Employed in Mathematics - an Analysis of Each Branch, and of the Whole, as Forming a Single Science |
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... meridian triangle is less than 90 ° , or less than a right angle . ACUTE HYPERBOLA , is one whose asymp- totes make an acute angle with each other . In it , the transverse axis is always greater than the conjugate . ADD , [ L. addo ...
... meridian triangle is less than 90 ° , or less than a right angle . ACUTE HYPERBOLA , is one whose asymp- totes make an acute angle with each other . In it , the transverse axis is always greater than the conjugate . ADD , [ L. addo ...
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... meridian . If the projection is made upon the plane of the soistitial co- lure , the equinoctial colure and all circles of latitude will be projected into limited straight lines , respectively equal to their diameters ; all the ...
... meridian . If the projection is made upon the plane of the soistitial co- lure , the equinoctial colure and all circles of latitude will be projected into limited straight lines , respectively equal to their diameters ; all the ...
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... meridian distance of each course To apply the second formula : Differentiate the equation of the meridian curve , and combine the resulting equation with by its northing or southing , observing that the equation of the curve so as to ...
... meridian distance of each course To apply the second formula : Differentiate the equation of the meridian curve , and combine the resulting equation with by its northing or southing , observing that the equation of the curve so as to ...
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... meridian . [ Gr . a , priv . , and avμμεтpia , symmetry ] . The want of symme- try of a magnitude . The term has some- times been used as synonymous with incom- mensurability . AS'YMP - TOTE . [ Gr . a , priv . , and ovv , with , and Tо ...
... meridian . [ Gr . a , priv . , and avμμεтpia , symmetry ] . The want of symme- try of a magnitude . The term has some- times been used as synonymous with incom- mensurability . AS'YMP - TOTE . [ Gr . a , priv . , and ovv , with , and Tо ...
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... meridian and vertical plane , at a point . The azimuth of a line lying in a vertical plane , at any point , is the angle between that plane and the meri- dian plane passing through the point . If the line does not lie in a meridian ...
... meridian and vertical plane , at a point . The azimuth of a line lying in a vertical plane , at any point , is the angle between that plane and the meri- dian plane passing through the point . If the line does not lie in a meridian ...
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