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- Libra - n. - The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
- Libra - n. - A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
- Librae - pl. - of Libra
- Libral - a. - Of a pound weight.
- Librarian - n. - One who has the care or charge of a library.
- Librarian - n. - One who copies manuscript books.
- Librarianship - n. - The office of a librarian.
- Libraries - pl. - of Library
- Library - n. - A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
- Library - n. - A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.
- Librate - v. i. - To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
- Librate - v. t. - To poise; to balance.
- Librated - imp. & p. p. - of Librate
- Librating - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Librate
- Libration - n. - The act or state of librating.
- Libration - n. - A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
- Libration point - n. - any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
- Libratory - a. - Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
- As - n. - A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
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