edge of surface

  • 101margin — A boundary, edge, or border, as of a surface or structure. SEE ALSO: border, edge. SYN: margo [TA]. [L. margo, border, edge] acetabular m. [TA] the rim of bone around the acetabulum to whic …

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  • 102Shigaraki ware — History As a traditional legend, a potter by the name of Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, also known as Toshiro, had supposedly gone to China with a Buddhist priest Dogen during the Joo era. Upon his return to Japan around 1227, he wandered through… …

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  • 103Marking gauge — Stanley and Veritas marking gauges A marking gauge, also known as a scratch gauge,[1] is used in woodworking and metalworking to mark out lines for cutting or other operations.[2] …

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  • 104bevel — bev|el [ˈbevəl] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Old French; Origin: baïf with the mouth wide open , from baer; ABASHED] 1.) a sloping edge or surface, usually along the edge of a piece of wood or glass 2.) a tool for making this kind of edge or surface… …

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  • 105bevel — noun (C) technical 1 a sloping edge or surface, usually along the edge of a piece of wood or glass 2 a tool for making this kind of edge or surface bevelled adjective: bevelled glass …

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  • 106bev´el|ler — bev|el «BEHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling, adjective. –n. 1. a sloping edge or surface. There is often a bevel on the frame of a picture, on a mirror, or on a piece of plate glass. 2. any angle except a… …

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  • 107bev´el|er — bev|el «BEHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling, adjective. –n. 1. a sloping edge or surface. There is often a bevel on the frame of a picture, on a mirror, or on a piece of plate glass. 2. any angle except a… …

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  • 108bev|el — «BEHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling, adjective. –n. 1. a sloping edge or surface. There is often a bevel on the frame of a picture, on a mirror, or on a piece of plate glass. 2. any angle except a right… …

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  • 109Cosmology — The Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Every speck of light in this image is an entire galaxy. This is just a small region of a Universe which could contain as many as 200 billion galaxies. Cosmology is the discipline that deals with the nature of the… …

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  • 110nick — nick1 [nık] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from nock small cut in the end of a bow for the string to fit in (14 20 centuries)] 1.) in the nick of time just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens ▪ Luckily, help arrived… …

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