repose : Idioms & Phrases
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Angle of repose
(Physics) , the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.
Webster 1913
For Angles of commutation , draught , incidence , reflection , refraction , position , repose , fraction
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Commutation ,Draught ,Incidence ,Reflection ,Refraction , etc.
Webster 1913
repose on
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verb be based on; of theories and claims, for example
build on; rest on; build upon.
- What's this new evidence based on?
