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Semidiurnal

Part of Speech: Noun

Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.

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excellence

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         quality                                                         of                                                         being                                                         excellent;                                                         state                                                         of                                                           possessing                                                         good                                                         qualities                                                         in                                                         an                                                         eminent                                                         degree;                                                         exalted                                                         merit;                                                           superiority                                                         in                                                         virtue.                                    

            2.                                           An                                                         excellent                                                         or                                                         valuable                                                         quality;                                                         that                                                         by                                                         which                                                         any                                                         one                                                           excels                                                         or                                                         is                                                         eminent;                                                           a                                                         virtue.                                    

            3.                                             A                                                         title                                                         of                                                         honor                                                         or                                                         respect; -                                                         more                                                           common                                                         in                                                         the                                                         form                                                         excellency.                                    

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" Yes," replied Talbot, " of the highest but not of the most constant excellence. - "The Disowned, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
In this most serious war, which was attended with many variations of fortune, and brought on the Romans the greatest misery and the most formidable dangers, Marius by his inability to accomplish anything of importance showed that military excellence requires bodily vigour and strength: but Sulla by his great exploits obtained among his own citizens the reputation of a great commander, among his friends the reputation of the very greatest, and among his enemies too the reputation of the most fortunate of generals. - "Plutarch's Lives, Volume II", Aubrey Stewart & George Long.
From the excellence of their horses, as well as from that general deference for the character and prowess of the nation which exists at home, I had been led to believe that the superior qualities of the British cavalry were admitted in Europe. - "Recollections of Europe", J. Fenimore Cooper.

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