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Example sentences for "termed"

Lexicographically close words:
tergum; teris; term; termagant; terme; termes; termeth; terminable; terminal; terminalis
  1. He was evidently of the opinion that there was too much thinking and not enough of what he would have termed "religion.

  2. Three out of the five men who form the war cabinet of an empire are of what would once have been termed an "humble origin.

  3. It is archaic, primitive, embryonic, though not devoid of what has aptly been termed spread-eagleism.

  4. She had noticed Cecil's growing eccentricity, and in order to attribute it more directly to what she termed his "disastrous" marriage, had accused Sophy of this dark thing.

  5. An unlawful assembly which has made a motion towards its common purpose is termed a rout, and if the unlawful assembly should proceed to carry out its purpose, e.

  6. The passage is obscure, but it does at all events indicate the various principles commonly termed contiguity, similarity and contrast.

  7. The numerical quantities by which the distance and direction, and therefore the position, are defined, are termed co-ordinates of the point.

  8. Functions of the variables possessing this property of remaining constant are termed integrals.

  9. Thus the property of a bankrupt is termed his assets and is the fund out of which his liabilities must be paid.

  10. Co-ordinates referred to this system are termed equatorial.

  11. From one of its localities in Chile, Los Remolinos, it was termed Remolinite by Brooke and Miller.

  12. The former may be termed general, and the latter practical, astronomy.

  13. By this lofty title are designated the members of the Indian Civil Service by lesser mortals, such as army officers--who in return are contemptuously termed "brainless military popinjays" by the exalted caste.

  14. Fred was unable to take her even as far as the train, for his manager had one of his periodic attacks of what was euphemistically termed his "illness.

  15. The stick ink is mixed in what are termed saucers, or cabinet saucers, one being placed above the other, so as to exclude the dust from settling in it, and also to prevent the rapid evaporation to which it is subject.

  16. A part of this circumference is termed an arc of a circle or an arc; thus Figure 46 represents an arc.

  17. If none of the sides of a quadrangle are parallel, as in Figure 71, it is termed a trapezium.

  18. A figure that is bounded by four straight lines is termed a quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon.

  19. The minor and major axes are at a right angle one to the other, and their point of intersection is termed the axis of the ellipse.

  20. When two only of the sides and two only of the angles are equal, as in Figure 64, it is termed an isosceles triangle, and the side that is unequal, as A in the figure, is termed the base.

  21. A straight line cutting off an arc is termed the chord of the arc; thus, in Figure 48, line A is the chord of the arc.

  22. The smallest wheel of a pair of gears is termed the pinion.

  23. The most correct method of drawing an ellipse is by means of an instrument termed a trammel, which is shown in Figure 83.

  24. Between I and J there are 90 degrees of angle; hence they form neither an acute nor an obtuse angle, but what is termed a right-angle, or an angle of 90 degrees.

  25. When opposite sides of the figure are parallel to each other it is termed a parallelogram, no matter what the angle of the adjoining lines in the figure may be.

  26. If two of the parallel sides of a quadrilateral are of unequal lengths and the angles of the other two sides are not equal, as in Figure 70, it is termed a trapezoid.

  27. The shortest distance between two points is termed the radius; and, in the case of a circle, means the distance from the centre to the perimeter measured in a straight line.

  28. Saracus, as the monarch may be termed after Abydenus, ascended the throne at a most difficult and dangerous crisis in his country's history.

  29. If it were not that mention is made in the Old Testament of certain districts within the region which has been here termed Assyria, we should have no proof that in the early times any divisions at all had been recognized.

  30. The most imposing kind is that which has been termed the gerrhon, from its apparent resemblance to the Persian shield mentioned under that name by Herodotus.

  31. There is a certain solemnity about it, the same as that felt in a church; and truly this might be termed the house of the devil.

  32. I am not quite sure whether the Frenchman may honestly be termed a domestic animal; I should rather say he was intensely gregarious.

  33. Also, she inclines somewhat toward the melodramatic, and, like many of her brothers in literature, she is far from free from what may best be termed "cheap sentiment.

  34. As Lorenzo de' Medici was the most powerful and distinguished Italian of his time, so may he be termed its representative lover, for his excursions into the land of sentiment may be considered as typical of his day and generation.

  35. I know of but one criticism, or rather essay, for it can hardly be termed criticism, in the strict sense of the word, which treats of the same subject, having my book in view.

  36. And what is good and what is evil is defined by what are termed religions.

  37. The same may be said of many men who were not quite justly termed illustrious, such as Echeveria in painting, Moizzos and Cervantes in botany, and Ixtlihcochitl.

  38. Among men of genius we often find the phenomena which characterizes that disorder termed by alienists folie du doute, one of the varieties of melancholia.

  39. This marvelous piece of mechanism is what Thoreau termed "a dirty-conditioned flower, like a sluttish woman with a gaudy yellow bonnet"!

  40. The second son, David, who after his brother's death inherited the estate of Balcarres, may be termed the second founder of the library.

  41. The tiles are bathed upon their surface with what is termed by Osma "the semi-transparent, caramel-coloured glaze peculiar to the pottery of Moorish Spain.

  42. Lime generally predominates, because it is present in rocks and running water in greater quantity than magnesia, and in this case these sedimentary rocks are termed limestone.

  43. This substitution of hydrogen by chlorine is termed metalepsis.

  44. The resultant solution contains NaClO and is termed 'eau de Javelle.

  45. The furnace employed is termed a salt cake furnace.

  46. Olonetzky government (termed shungite), which according to the investigations of Professor Inostrantzeff may be regarded as the extreme member of the various forms of coal.

  47. This case is termed the solution of metals by acids, although it is not a case of simple solution, but a complex chemical change of the substances taken.

  48. These are formed by what is termed the combination of residues.

  49. The interval during which time the coffin remained there was termed kari-mo-gari, or "temporary mourning.

  50. Those so summoned were termed mae-isu-gimi (dukes of the Presence).

  51. In notable contrast to these rapid methods of binding what are termed case-made books, comes the hand-made process, where only partial use of machinery is possible.

  52. This New Hampshire statute, making obligatory the supply of public information through books and periodicals in free libraries in every town, may fairly be termed the high-water mark of modern means for the diffusion of knowledge.

  53. This is termed shell and wave marbling, as distinguished from comb-marbling.

  54. It is too soft a leather for hard wear and tear, and what with abrasion and breaking at the hinges (termed by binders the joints), it will give little satisfaction in the long run.

  55. But its aims, while modest, should be comprehensive enough to provide a complete selection of what may be termed standard literature, for the reading public.

  56. A collection of works of any author is termed "an anthropology.

  57. We all have this kind of memory, which may be termed the rational or ideal, as distinguished from the verbal and the local memory.

  58. This habit of reading, which may be termed the literal method, goes with most persons through life.

  59. To Almer, in their conversation, he had revealed what may be termed his inner life, that life the workings of which were concealed from all other men.

  60. What are termed misfortunes are sometimes real blessings; many fine natures are made to halt on their way by worldly prosperity.

  61. Possibly the finest is the one termed 'la Grande,' although the difference between the pictures is very slight.

  62. The breeders of bulls are termed ganaderos.

  63. To this day a picture of great merit is in Seville termed a 'Murillo.

  64. He has been termed the Spanish Caravaggio from his strict adherence to Nature, and his delight in breadth and strong contrasts of light and shadow.

  65. I suggest, accordingly, as a policy for the immediate future, the raising of the scale of national relief to a more adequate level, coupled with the abolition of what I have termed wholesale outdoor relief in the localities.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "termed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    named; styled; titled