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Webster 1913 Edition
Verticity
Ver-tic′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
verticité
. See Vertex
.] The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.
[R.]
Locke.
I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the
verticity
of the loadstone. Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verticity
VERTIC'ITY
,Noun.
1.
The power of turning; revolution; rotation.2.
That property of the lodestone by which it turns to some particular point.The attraction of the magnet was known long before its verticity.