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Horizontal analog of a meridian?
The lines going from pole to pole of the earth are meridians.
I know that the horizontal lines of latitude can be called "parallels." Is there another word for these?
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Words for the "essential character" of each sense organ?
Looking at the definition for flavor and timbre, both are used to describe the "essential character" of a particular sense.
If flavor is the essential character of our taste sense, and timbre is the ...
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