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CONTINUED QUANTITY
II. Transcendental Mixed •elations belonging to CONTINUED QUANTITY,* may be distinguished into those various measures of di∣stance according to the difference of more or less, with respect ei∣ther to
- size , magnitude
Line; from END to End.
- LENGTH, -en, Longitude, prolong, protract, eeke out, extend, te∣dious, prolixness.
- SHORTNESS, Brevity, Conciseness, abbreviate, curtal, abridge, restrain, compendious, succinct.
Superficies; from side to side.
- BREDTH, Wideness, Latitude, Largeness, Ampleness, spacious, di∣late, enlarge, extend.
- NARROWNESS, Streightness, Scantness, close, compressed, pink-eyed, restrain.
Body; reckoning from
- Top to Bottom.
- DEEPNESS, profound, Abyss, farr into, high.
- SHALLOWNESS, Ford, Scoure, Depression, low, flat.
deep | ![]() | |||
shallow | ![]() |
- Bottom to Top.
- HIGHNESS, Altitude, exalt, elevate, Soar, sublime, tall, lofty, proper, towring, advance, raise, aloft.
- LOWNESS, abase, bring down, depress, demiss, nether
- Any Superficies to the opposite.
- THICKNESS, Crassitude, gross, deep, incrassate, roun∣cival.
- THINNESS, slender, fine, slim, lank, slank, slight, tenuity, gaunt, rare, subtle, attenuate
- Based on indefinite size
- big , great
- large
- small , short , tiny, micro , little
English | Mantrakshar | greek | latin | hindi |
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great | ![]() | mega-, megal(o)- | magn(i)- | महान |
big | ![]() | mega-, megal(o)- | magn(i)- | बड़ा,विशाल |
large; extremely large | ![]() | mega- | magn(i)- | बहुत बड़ा |
small | ![]() | micr(o)- | parv(i)- (rare) | सूक्ष्म |
largest | megist- | maxim- | सबसे बड़ा | |
biggest | ![]() | megist- | maxim- | सबसे बड़ा |
smallest | ![]() | – | minim- | बौना |
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