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Isotropy

Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body absence of all kinds of polarity specifically equal elasticity in all directions

Libration point

system where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal and in opposite directions A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in

Manograph

photographic plate at the other end The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine

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Misdirection

The act of directing wrongly or the state of being so directed

Monsoon

A wind blowing part of the year from one direction alternating with a wind from the opposite direction a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian

Nadir

That point of the heavens or lower hemisphere directly opposite the zenith the inferior pole of the horizon the point of the celestial sphere directly under the

Ovaliform

Having the form of an egg having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be

Red light

electrically operated set of lights at a road intersection which has different lights visible to traffic from different directions designed to control vehicle traffic through the intersection Each set of lights typically has a colored red light

collider

a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles usually of opposite charge are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy

Entering short

by a customer, it is the custom of some bankers not to carry the amount of the bills directly to his credit, but to 'enter them short,' as it is called, i.e., to note down the receipt

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