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HETEROSCIAN
Etymology
Noun
heteroscian (plural heteroscians)
One who lives either north or south of the Tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them.
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*os"cian, n. Etym: [Gr. hétéroscien.]
Definition: One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 May 2025
OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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