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  • 1obtuse — (adj.) early 15c., from M.Fr. obtus (fem. obtuse), from L. obtusus blunted, dull, pp. of obtundere to beat against, make dull, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + tundere to beat, from PIE * (s)tud e to beat, strike, push, thrust, fr …

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  • 2obtuse — ob|tuse [əbˈtju:s US ˈtu:s] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: obtusus blunt , from obtundere to beat against, make blunt ] slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying ▪ But why? said Charles, being deliberately obtuse.… …

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  • 3dull — I. a. 1. Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, blunt witted. 2. Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous. 3. Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid. 4. Blunt, obtuse,… …

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  • 4Saturday Night Live TV show sketches of the 1970s — 1970s Since the beginning of Saturday Night Live, the show has been something of an anti television show, turning the medium on its head with endless fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. The most common style of their recurring… …

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  • 5geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… …

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  • 6Law of cosines — This article is about the law of cosines in Euclidean geometry. For the cosine law of optics, see Lambert s cosine law. Figure 1 – A triangle. The angles α, β, and γ are respectively opposite the sides a, b, and c …

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  • 7dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …

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  • 8Triangle — This article is about the basic geometric shape. For other uses, see Triangle (disambiguation). Isosceles and Acute Triangle redirect here. For the trapezoid, see Isosceles trapezoid. For The Welcome to Paradox episode, see List of Welcome to… …

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  • 9Skew arch — A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a right angle. This results in the faces of the arch not being perpendicular to its abutments and its …

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  • 10Golden ratio — For the Ace of Base album, see The Golden Ratio (album). Not to be confused with Golden number. The golden section is a line segment divided according to the golden ratio: The total length a + b is to the length of the longer segment a as the… …

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