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ambling
verbWalk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
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They ambled along the riverbank
nounA walk at a slow, relaxed pace, especially for pleasure.
Usage examples:
A peaceful riverside amble
verbPresent participle of amble
Usage examples:
He was ambling along the beach., she ambled down the street, stopping occasionally to look in the s…
downwind
ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd
adverbIn the direction in which the wind is blowing.
Usage examples:
Warnings were issued to people living downwind of the fire
adjectiveSituated or moving in the direction in which the wind is blowing.
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The task was a straight downwind flight of 35 miles
adjectiveIn the direction in which the wind is blowing
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We were downwind of the garbage dump and the smell was awful.
quartic
adjectiveInvolving the fourth and no higher power of an unknown quantity or variable.
Usage examples:
Macmahon then worked on invariants of binary quartic forms, following cayley and sylvester.
nounA quartic equation, function, curve, or surface.
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Pacioli does not discuss cubic equations but does discuss quartics.
spindled
nounA slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.
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There'll always be a huge demand here for raw wool from australia, provided we can keep the spindle…
nounA rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves.
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It is for this reason that we spot-face our cranks at the same time we drill the hole for the pedal…
nounA slender mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides. at metaphase the chromosomes become attached to it by their centromeres before being pulled towards its ends.
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A critical step in the cell cycle is the proper attachment of chromosomes to the mitotic spindle du…