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Definition of Tiltings

1. tilting [n] - See also: tilting

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiltings

tilorone TILS tils tilt tilt tilt-table test tilt-top table tilt-up tiltable tilted

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Literary usage of Tiltings

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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The method of measurement employed in the case of slow tiltings may be ... In observing slow earth-tiltings an entirely different process is followed. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"—In observing slow earth-tiltings an entirely different process is followed. ... Thi- earliest observations of earth-tiltings were made by the aid of ..."

3. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1908)
"It is shown to the king hy the chancellor and masters of the university of Oxford that certain persons propose to hold jousts and tiltings ..."

4. Earthquakes: An Introduction to Seismic Geology by William Herbert Hobbs (1907)
"That small tiltings of this nature do occur has been demonstrated by observation, and it is further probable that the extensive derangements of the surface ..."

5. Earthquakes: An Introduction to Seismic Geology by William Herbert Hobbs (1907)
"That small tiltings of this nature do occur has been demonstrated by observation, and it is further probable that the extensive derangements of the surface ..."

6. A Treatise on the Motor Apparatus of the Eyes: Embracing an Exposition of by George Thomas Stevens (1906)
"It is to be remembered that they are meridional tiltings plainly separated ... Helmholtz has formulated the principle of meridional tiltings in a law which ..."

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