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THE LEXICIDION. 143
R.
Radically meeting, is said of those oblongs or squares whose sides doe meet together.
Radius, ray or beame, is the semi-diameter ; called so metaphorically from the spoake
of a wheel, which is to the limb thereof as the semi-diameter to the circumference
of a circle.
Reciprocall, is said of proportionalities, or two rowes of proportionals, wherein the
first of the first is to the first of the second as the last of the second is to the last of
the first, and contrarily.
Rectangular, is said of those figures which have right angles.
Refinedly, is said when we go the shortest way to work, by primifying the radius.
Renvoi/, a remitting from one place to another. It comes from the French word
renvoyer.
Representative, is said of the letters which stand for whole words ; as, E. for side, L.
for secant, U. for subtendent.
Residuat, is to leave a remainder ; nempe id quod residet et superest.
Resolver, is that which looseth and untieth the knot of a difficulty ; of re and solvo.
Resolutory, is said of the last partition of the loxogonosphericall operations.
Result, is the last effect of a work.
Root, is the side of a square, cube, or any cossick figure.
Scheme, signifieth here the delineation of a geometricall figure, with all parts necessary
for the illustrating of a demonstration ; from ex w > habeo.
Sciography, the art of shadowing ; of aia'a, umbra, ^pacpw, scribo.
Segment, the portion of a thing cut off; quasi secamentum, quod a re aliqua secatur.
Sexagesimal, Subsexagesimat, Resubsexagesimat, and Biresubsexagcsimat, are said of
the division, subdivision, resubdivision, and reer-resubdivision of degrees into mi-
nuts, seconds, thirds, and fourths, in 60 of each other ; the divisor of the fore-goer
being successively the following dividend, and the quotient alwayes sixty.
Sharp, is said of acute angles.
Sindiforall, is said of those moods the fourth terme of whose analogie is onely illati-
tious to the maine quaesitum.
Sindiforation, is the affection of those foresaid moods whereby the value of the men-
surator is knowne.
Sindiforatall, is concerning those moods whose illatitious terme is an angle.
Sindiforiutall, is of those moods whose illatitious terme is a side. All these foure
words are composed of representatives, and, if I remember well, mentioned in my
explanation.