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Word Meanings - VERGENCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. Humphrey Lloyd. (more info) 1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.

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  • DRIFTBOLT
    A bolt for driving out other bolts.
  • SCOPELINE
    Scopeloid.
  • LEANING
    The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
  • COURSED
    1. Hunted; as, a coursed hare. 2. Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.
  • DRIFTPIECE
    An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
  • LEANLY
    Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
  • COURSE
    1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7. 2. THe ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket.
  • SCOPE
    1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope."
  • SCOPELOID
    Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n.
  • DRIFTPIN
    A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
  • DRIFTLESS
    Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
  • LEAN-TO
    Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n.
  • PROCLIVITY
    1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." Abp. Bramhall. 2. Readiness; facility; aptitude. He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.
  • DRIFTAGE
    1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. 2. Anything that drifts.
  • DRIFTWEED
    Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.
  • LEANNESS
    The condition or quality of being lean.
  • COURSEY
    A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  • PREDISPOSITION
    1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger. 2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression,
  • VERGENCY
    The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. Humphrey Lloyd. (more info) 1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
  • DRIFT
    The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. Knight. (more info) drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, 1. A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him away with drift
  • HAEMATOSCOPE
    A hæmoscope.
  • CLEANSABLE
    Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
  • LACTOSCOPE
    An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.
  • METEOROSCOPE
    An astrolabe; a planisphere. An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.
  • CLEAN-CUT
    See CLEAR-CUT
  • OTOSCOPEIC
    Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.
  • ENDOSCOPE
    An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
  • MICROSPECTROSCOPE
    A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.
  • CLEANNESS
    1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
  • RECOURSEFUL
    Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. Drayton.
  • UNCLEAN
    1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
  • STEREOMONOSCOPE
    An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.
  • ACHILLEAN
    Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
  • TELESPECTROSCOPE
    A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.
  • ANEMOSCOPE
    An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

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