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  • noun A straight line.

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  • The universale directum thus appears as an embryo, which is developed, ever more clearly arranged, and constantly more nearly perfected by reflection and various logical operations.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The universale directum is divided into the categories, since these represent the various modes of existence in the actual being.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Est bos cervi figura cujus a media fronte inter aures unum cornu existit, excelsius magisque directum

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire โ€” Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Est bos cervi figura cujus a media fronte inter aures unum cornu existit, excelsius magisque directum (divaricatum, qu?) his quae nobis nota sunt cornibus.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • \ Siquidem tali maiori obliquitati correfpondent radij ma - gis refradi, vt deueniant ad Oculos, .cuius refradionis fle - xioni deberet conformari Vifio, vt apprehenderetur per il - lam Obiedum j vbi vere eft: quare cumperrendcntiamin tlirectum ab omni flexione diuertac, neceflarioquo illa ma - ior eftpro bbliquitate maiori., - eb magis locus apparens dc~ terminatus in dida Perpendiculari ab extrauergentia im - prciTionis in Oculo, proditcta in directum ante ipfum, recedet alocovero.

    Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656

  • Licec erini Axes il - lorum in directum protendantur; nihilominus ciim Obieita intra illa non appareanc cum inclinatione, cuam obtinen:. n propoiirione refpecru illorum r neque cum variecace diftan - tiae 3 quam obcinencpartes Obiecti indinatliicpropolitiilM pro ficu coincidencis linearam reflexionis, vt ab Oculis in - telliguntur extendi versus talia Specula, in planis refiexio - num fe interfecantibus ad media Conuexitatum ipiarum. iitxm dicts, Cap, 2ยป.

    Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656

  • Parte; & nihiiominus experimur paffim, Poten - tiamiine vlla flexione extendere Apparentiam in directum vkraplura media, quantumuis diueriain deniitate.

    Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta, Nicolai ... Nicola Zucchi 1656

  • King: "It is a maxim of feudal law that the veritable ownership of lands, the domain, directum dominium, is vested in the dominant seignior or suzerain.

    The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

  • Francorum, in tom.ii. p. 553, adds the precious epithet of optimam,) camus cum Dei adjutorio, et, superatis eis, redigamus terram in ditionem nostram.] [Footnote 47: Tunc rex projecit a se in directum Bipennem suam quod est

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire โ€” Volume 3 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Galliarum, (the author of the Gesta Francorum, in tom.ii. p. 553, adds the precious epithet of optimam,) camus cum Dei adjutorio, et, superatis eis, redigamus terram in ditionem nostram.] 47 Tunc rex projecit a se in directum Bipennem suam quod est Francisca, &c.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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