of Hight →
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The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins. →
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An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. →
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A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. →