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  annulment; cancellation; reversal. Music. an 18th-century instrumental suite for outdoor performance, similar to the divertimento and the serenade. Historical Examples To-morrow I shall have some business with Abrial respecting the organisation of the court of cassation. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne Donna Roma, it is still possible to appeal to […]

• Cassatt

  Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter. Historical Examples They then showed me a dispatch that had been addressed by Mr. Cassatt to the Lieutenant Governor. Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Various Mr. Cassatt, punctilious in these matters, paid Whistler for the painting before he returned to America. The Life […]

• Cassava

  any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M. esculenta (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava) cultivated for their tuberous roots, which yield important food products. a nutritious starch from the roots, the source of tapioca. Contemporary Examples Sometimes the attacks happen on their way to […]

• Cassegrain-telescope

  a reflecting telescope in which the light, passing through a central opening in the primary mirror, is brought into focus a short distance behind it by a secondary mirror. noun an astronomical reflecting telescope in which incident light is reflected from a large concave paraboloid mirror onto a smaller convex hyperboloid mirror and then back […]

• Cassel

  Kassel. a city in central Germany. Historical Examples The following year the political disturbances interfered with the opera performances at Cassel, and caused him much annoyance. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday Henry C. Lahee They weren’t interested in Cassel’s undergraduate days, or in Morse’s conquests. The Hour of Battle Robert Sheckley His life at […]

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