Word Meanings - TERREL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth. Chambers.

Related words: (words related to TERREL)

• MAGNETICIAN
  One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.
• PLACODERMATA
  See PLACODERMI
• MAGNETIZATION
  The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.
• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• MAGNETIZABLE
  Capable of magnetized.
• POLESTAR
  1. Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North. 2. A guide or director.
• EQUATORIAL
  Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• EQUATORIALLY
  So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.
• MAGNETOMOTOR
  A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PLACID
  Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
• MAGNETIC; MAGNETICAL
  1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by,, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north;
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• CORRESPOND
  1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.
• CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
  A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the
• PLACIT
  A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
• INCORRESPONDENCE; INCORRESPONDENCY
  Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.
• UNPLACABLE
  Implacable.
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• PARAMAGNETISM
  Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.