Adj. counteracting &c. v.; antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive,
renitent, reactionary; contrary &c. 14.
Adv. although &c. 30; in spite of &c. 708; against.
Phr. “for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and
opposite in direction” [Newton].
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CLASS
II
WORDS
RELATING TO SPACE
SECTION I. SPACE IN GENERAL
1. ABSTRACT SPACE % — dimensions must be broken down separately —
#180. [Indefinite space.]
Space.— N. space, extension, extent,
superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace;
room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass,
sweep, swing, spread.
dimension, length &c.
200; distance &c. 196; size &c. 192; volume;
hypervolume.
latitude, play, leeway,
purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.
spare room, elbow room,
house room; stowage, roomage[obs3], margin;
opening, sphere, arena.
open space, free space;
void &c. (absence) 187; waste; wildness,
wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna[obs3].
abyss &c. (interval)
198; unlimited space; infinity &c. 105; world;
ubiquity &c. (presence) 186; length and breadth of
the land.
proportions, acreage;
acres, acres and perches, roods and perches,
hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards,
square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing)
&c.; ares, arpents[obs3].
Adj. spacious, roomy,
extensive, expansive, capacious, ample;
widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed; boundless
&c. (infinite) 105; shoreless[obs3], trackless, pathless;
extended.
Adv. extensively &c.
adj.; wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and
wide; right and left, all over, all the world over;
throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth
of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all
quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere;
from pole to pole, from China to Peru [Johnson], from
Indus to the pole [Pope], from Dan to Beersheba, from
end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide
world, from all points of the compass; to the four
winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.
#180a. Inextension.— N. inextension[obs3], nonextension[obs3], point; dot; atom &c. (smallness) 32.
#181. [Definite space.]
Region.— N. region, sphere, ground, soil,
area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district,
beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale &c.
(limit) 233; compartment, department; clearing.
[political divisions:
see property &c. 780 and Government &c. 737a.].
arena, precincts, enceinte,
walk, march; patch, plot, parcel,
inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve,
preserve; street &c. (abode) 189.
clime, climate, zone,
meridian, latitude.
biosphere; lithosphere.
Adj. territorial, local,
parochial, provincial, regional.


