Corresponding
[,kɒrɪ'spɒndɪŋ] or [,kɔrə'spɑndɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) accompanying; 'all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities' .
(adj.) similar especially in position or purpose; 'a number of corresponding diagonal points' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correspond
(a.) Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.
(a.) Carrying on intercourse by letters.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Answering, CORRESPONDENT.
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Examples
- The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I decided that if I found a corresponding crowd there, the only thing to do to correct my lack of judgment in not getting more papers was to raise the price from five cents to ten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At the various towns there were corresponding crowds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There were two wooden settles by the fire, one on either side of it, with a corresponding table before each. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The clocks at the corresponding stations were set exactly together, so that the same letter was exposed to view at each instrument at the same instant. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Ordinarily the gun has ten barrels, with ten corresponding locks, which revolve together during the working of the gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The observer holds this up between himself and the sky, turning it gradually round till he finds the tint of the instrument exactly corresponding to the tint of the sky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A reservoir containing highly compressed air is fixed on the diver’s back, which supplies him with air by a self-regulating apparatus at a pressure corresponding to his depth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then opinion and knowledge have to do with different kinds of matter corresponding to this difference of faculties? Plato. The Republic.
- On account of the position of the corresponding pin, the cylinder would make nearly half a revolution before bringing the pin to the key. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the circumference of the barrel are gear teeth, and those teeth engage corresponding teeth on the arbor of the center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And food and wisdom are the corresponding satisfactions of either? Plato. The Republic.
- It was only in 1645, after a corresponding attempt in 1556 had failed, that the swine-pens in the inner town were pulled down at Leipzig. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sound-waves impinging upon the distant transmitter varied the resistance of the carbon button therein, thus causing corresponding variations in the strength of the battery current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I'll wager that the black dress shows a corresponding mark to this. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here, naturally, different tones arise, corresponding to the different modes of vibration. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of corresponding brevity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A keyboard (not shown) is arranged above the cylinder, having keys lettered and numbered corresponding to the letters and figures on the type-wheels. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Allow me, sir, to introduce you to my fellow-travellers, the other corresponding members of the club I am proud to have founded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When I paced one corridor and found it six feet shorter than the corresponding one below, it was pretty clear where he was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At this time, however, the patent had only about a year of life left, owing to the expiration of the corresponding English patent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If the impression were not produced by a real corresponding and sufficient cause, how came he, Jarvis Lorry, there? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There had been little or no corresponding advance in the education and quality of the British official in India during the century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus, the transmission of Morse dots and dashes by the distant operator resulted in movements of corresponding length by the frictional pad and vibrating arm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a period of his life corresponding to the Wanderjahre of the German artisan, and was an easy way of gratifying a taste for travel without the risk of privation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This measures the frequency of one circuit, and then the other circuit can be adjusted to give a corresponding wave length. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These are placed in the hands of a producer, corresponding to a stage-director, generally an actor or theatrical man of experience, with a highly developed dramatic instinct. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The green Martians use no word corresponding in meaning with this earthly word. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Method of obtaining a variable movement of a miniature target, corresponding to rolls of a vessel of from 1 to 10 degrees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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