† diplantidianadj.
Obsolete.
Applied to a form of telescope proposed by Jeaurat in 1778, giving two images, one direct and the other reversed, the coincidence of which might be used to determine transits.
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1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 351.
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adj.1807- drive the nail home
- drive the nail in
- drive the nail in to the head
- drive the nail to the head
- drive the porcelain bus
- drive through
- drive time
- drive to a book
- drive to book
- drive to hething
- drive to scorn
- drive to the wall
- drive to the worst
- drive under
- drive up
- drive up the wall
- drive wheel
- drive whist
- drive with the weather
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of someone
- drive, force, throw a oneself into the arms of something
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of someone
- drive, force, throw a person into the arms of something