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verticity

verticity noun: the quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.

Noun

verticity (countable and uncountable, plural verticities)

  1. 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
  2. An alleged tendency to move around or toward the North or South Pole.

Forms of verticity

pluralverticities

Origin of verticity

Compare French verticité. See vertex.

Questions about verticity

What does verticity mean?
Verticity means the quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
What part of speech is verticity?
Verticity is a noun.
What is the plural of verticity?
The plural of verticity is verticities.

Words near verticity in the dictionary

  1. verticilli
  2. verticillium
  3. verticillus
  4. verticils
  5. verticities
  6. verticity
  7. verticle
  8. verticomental
  9. verticon
  10. verticons
  11. verticordia

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