(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
duplicate
duplicate
adj
(games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
noun
(botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
(law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
(uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble.
(uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge.
A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
verb
(transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.
(transitive) To make a copy of.
(transitive) To produce something equal to.
platitude
platitude
noun
(countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
(uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
