Looking Backward 2000-1887 Glossary

by Edward Bellamy

Looking Backward 2000-1887 Glossary

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barbarous

primitive and uncivilized

chimera

a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve

analogue

a person or thing seen as comparable to another

parabola

a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side

aphelion

the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun

perihelion

the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun

malodorous

smelling very unpleasant

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