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distents

distents is the plural of distent.

Meaning of distent

Noun

distent (countable and uncountable, plural distents)

  1. (obsolete) breadth
    • […]shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC

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Questions about distents

What is distents the plural of?
Distents is the plural of distent.

Words near distents in the dictionary

  1. distensions
  2. distensive
  3. distent
  4. distention
  5. distentions
  6. distents
  7. dister
  8. disterane
  9. disterminate
  10. distermination
  11. disteroidal

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