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  • 91Symmetrical — Sym*met ric*al, a. [Cf. F. sym[ e]trique. See {Symmetry}.] 1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Having the… …

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  • 92Symmetrically — Symmetrical Sym*met ric*al, a. [Cf. F. sym[ e]trique. See {Symmetry}.] 1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.)… …

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  • 93Symmetricalness — Symmetrical Sym*met ric*al, a. [Cf. F. sym[ e]trique. See {Symmetry}.] 1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.)… …

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  • 94commensurate — adjective Etymology: Late Latin commensuratus, from Latin com + Late Latin mensuratus, past participle of mensurare to measure, from Latin mensura measure more at measure Date: 1641 1. equal in measure or extent ; coextensive < lived a life&#8230; …

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  • 95incommensurable — adjective Date: 1570 not commensurable; broadly lacking a basis of comparison in respect to a quality normally subject to comparison • incommensurability noun • incommensurable noun • incommensurably adverb …

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  • 96commensurability — noun see commensurable …

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  • 97commensurably — adverb see commensurable …

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  • 98Meta-ethics — In philosophy, meta ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta ethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized by philosophers, the&#8230; …

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  • 99Orbital resonance — For the science fiction novel by John Barnes, see Orbital Resonance (novel). In celestial mechanics, an orbital resonance occurs when two orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually due to their&#8230; …

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  • 100Emergence — For other uses see Emergence (disambiguation), Emergent, and Emergency. : See also the closely related articles: Spontaneous order and self organization. In philosophy, systems theory and the sciences, emergence is the way complex systems and&#8230; …

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