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Maas's law

Maas's law proper noun: the observation that columns in bookrolls often exhibit a forward tilt such that both edges of a column gradually move to the left as the column progresses.

Proper noun

Maas's law

  1. The observation that columns in bookrolls often exhibit a forward tilt such that both edges of a column gradually move to the left as the column progresses.

Origin of Maas's law

Named after classical scholar Paul Maas (1880–1964).

Questions about Maas's law

What does Maas's law mean?
Maas's law means the observation that columns in bookrolls often exhibit a forward tilt such that both edges of a column gradually move to the left as the column progresses.
What part of speech is Maas's law?
Maas's law is a proper noun.

Words near Maas's law in the dictionary

  1. Maarib
  2. Maariv
  3. maars
  4. Maarten
  5. maas
  6. Maas's law
  7. Maasai
  8. Maasaw
  9. maasbanker
  10. maasbankers
  11. Maasdriel

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