four cardinal points

  • 31cardinal point — noun each of the four main points of the compass (north, south, east, and west) …

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  • 32cardinal point — noun (C) technical one of the four main points (north, south, east, or west) on a compass (1) …

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  • 33Cardinal vowel — Cardinal vowels are a set of reference vowels used by phoneticians in describing the sounds of languages. For instance, the vowel of the English word feet can be described with reference to cardinal vowel 1, IPA| [i] , which is the cardinal vowel …

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  • 34Cardinal Deusdedit —     Cardinal Deusdedit     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Cardinal Deusdedit     Born at Todi, Italy; died between 1097 and 1100. He was a friend of St. Gregory VII and defender of his reformation measures; Deusdedit joined the Benedictine Order and… …

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  • 35Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School — The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided comprehensive school in Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, London. Since 1998, the Headmaster has been Michael Gormally. The School has Specialist Status in mathematics… …

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  • 36Four Heavenly Kings — This article is about Buddhist gods. For other uses, see Four Heavenly Kings (disambiguation). Korean statue of Gwangmok Cheonwang (Virūpākṣa) In the Buddhist faith, the Four Heavenly Kings are four gods …

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  • 37cardinal point — /kadənəl ˈpɔɪnt/ (say kahduhnuhl poynt) noun 1. one of the four chief directions of the compass; the north, south, east, and west points. 2. Optics any of the six points significant in the design of a lens, comprising the two principal foci, the… …

  • 38cardinal point — noun Date: 1658 one of the four principal compass points north, south, east, and west …

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  • 39cardinal compass point — noun one of the four main compass points • Hypernyms: ↑compass point, ↑point • Hyponyms: ↑north, ↑due north, ↑northward, ↑N, ↑east, ↑due east, ↑ …

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  • 40At all points — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …

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