verticity en · NOUN
Etymology
Compare French verticité. See vertex.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity of the loadstone.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) An alleged tendency to move around or toward the North or South Pole.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| verticities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |