scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
any structure that branches out from a central support
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"
something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work"
making real or giving the appearance of reality
the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"