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301 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLATFORM.11 (Noah Webster)
Platic aspect, in astrology, a ray cast from one planet to another, not exactly, but within the orbit of its own light.
302 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POINT.21 (Noah Webster)
… the planets intersect the plane of the ecliptic; the place where the equator and ecliptic intersect are called equinoctial points; the points of the ecliptic …
303 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREDOMINANCE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astrology, the superior influence of a planet.
304 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRIMARY.7 (Noah Webster)
Primary planets, are those which revolve about the sun, in distinction form the secondary planets, which revolve about the primary.
305 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUARTILE.1 (Noah Webster)
QUARTILE, n. An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other a quarter of the circle, ninety degrees, or three signs.
306 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. QUINTILE.1 (Noah Webster)
QUINTILE, n. [L. quintus, fifth.] The aspect of planets when distant from each other the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72 degrees.
307 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REPRESENTATION.4 (Noah Webster)
… the planets and their revolutions.
308 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RETROGRADATION.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The act of moving backwards; applied to the apparent motion of the planets.
309 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RETROGRADE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astronomy, apparently moving backward and contrary to the succession of the signs, as a planet.
310 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REVOLUTION.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The motion of a body round any fixed point or center; as the annual revolution of the earth or other planet in its orbit round the center of the system.
311 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROLL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To revolve; to turn on its axis; as, to roll a wheel or a planet.
312 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUN.63 (Noah Webster)
38. To pass in an orbit of any figure. The planets run their periodical courses. The comets do not run lawless through the regions of space.
313 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SATELLITE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A secondary planet or moon; a small planet revolving round another. In the solar system, eighteen satellites have been discovered. The earth has one, called the moon, Jupiter four, Saturn seven, and Herschel six.
314 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SATURN.3 (Noah Webster)
… the planets of the solar system, less in magnitude than Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy nine thousand miles, is mean distance …
315 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SECONDARY.6 (Noah Webster)
3. Not of the first order or rate; revolving about a primary planet. Primary planets revolve about the sun; secondary planets revolve about the primary.
316 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEMI-QUADRATE.1 (Noah Webster)
SEMI-QUADRATE, SEMI-QUARTILE, n. [L. semi and quadratus, or quartus, fourth.] An aspect of the planets, when distant from each other at half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, one sign and a half.
317 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEMI-QUINTILE.1 (Noah Webster)
SEMI-QUINTILE, n. [L. semi and quintilis.] An aspect of the planets, when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
318 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEMI-SEXTILE.1 (Noah Webster)
SEMI-SEXTILE, n. [semi and sextile.] An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
319 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SESQUIPLICATE.1 (Noah Webster)
SESQUIPLICATE, a. [L. sesqui, one and a half, and plicatus, plico, to fold.] Designating the ratio of one and a half to one; as the sesquiplicate proportion of the periodical times of the planets.
320 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEXTILE.1 (Noah Webster)
SEXTILE, n. [L. sextilis, from sex, six.] Denoting the aspect or position of two planets, when distant from each other 60 degrees or two signs. This position is marked thus*.