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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Trigonometry \Trig`o*nom"e*try\, n.; pl. {-tries}. [Gr. [?] a triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonom[82]trie. See {Trigon}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles. 2. A treatise in this science. {Analytical trigonometry}, that branch of trigonometry which treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions. {Plane trigonometry}, and {Spherical trigonometry}, those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Baptistery \Bap"tis*ter*y\,Baptistry \Bap"tis*try\, n.; pl. {Baptisteries}, {-tries} ([?]). [L. baptisterium, Gr. [?]: cf. F. baptist[8a]re.] (Arch.) (a) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. (b) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services. | |
