Word Finder - departures

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The act of departing or something that has departed.

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The departure was scheduled for noon.

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A deviation from a plan or procedure.

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There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.

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A death.

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The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

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The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.

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The area is computed by latitudes and departures.

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The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

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Division; separation; putting away.

But the most marked departures from the prairie surface are in the N.E.

It has been generally assumed that the ecclesiastical authority was always competent to determine what are the fundamental articles of the Christian faith, and to detect any departures from them; but it is necessary to admit the possibility that the error was in the church, and the truth was with the heresy.

If possible, however, the departures from absolute accuracy should not be more than 2% at quarter-load, nor more than 3% at a full load.

Still the work of improving and correcting went on through the centuries, and a modern copy of the Authorized Version shows no inconsiderable departures from the standard edition of 1611.

They show several departures from the Benedictine arrangement.

So in the Communion service the most striking departures from ancient precedent have a Protestant origin.

At the same time the number of departures was decreasing - rapidly.

Wide departures from the normal standard are met with and are symptomatic of certain nervous conditions.

In several natural orders and genera departures from the course of development just described have been noted.

Darwin was well aware that variation ranged from differences so minute as to become apparent only on careful measurement to those large departures from the normal which may be called abnormalities, malformations or monstrosities.

Even on ordinary days arrivals and departures were almost incessant - foreigners being everywhere seen mingled with the native Latins.

This book, by its independent criticism and departures from traditionalism, aroused the opposition of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church; though the charges brought against McGiffert were dismissed by the Presbytery of New York, to which they had been referred, a trial for heresy seemed inevitable, and McGiffert, in 1900, retired from the Presbyterian ministry and entered the Congregational Church, although he retained his position in Union theological seminary.

Important changes were then made, carrying further certain departures from English law, already apparent in the earlier rules, in favour of views prevailing upon the continent of Europe and in the United States.

The Jansenist Church is, however, intensely conservative, and viewed with extreme disapproval the departures made by the German Old Catholics from Catholic tradition, notably in the matter of clerical celibacy.

All the shipping on the Caspian is under the Russian flagi and no returns of the arrivals and departures of vessels at the Persian ports were published before 1906.

The vessel movement for 1909 amounted to 4,959,728 tons arrivals and 4,974,922 tons departures.

The total number of arrivals and departures during 1904-1905 was 3027 vessels with an average tonnage of 3734.

Section IX., on Territorial Divisions, indicates the departures from the ancient county boundaries made for certain purposes of administration.

Some mild departures from established routine he tranquilly tested and as tranquilly abandoned.

The total number of adult immigrants by sea, however, steadily increased from 11,559 in 1891 to 3 8,669 in 1896, while during the same period the number of departures by sea only increased from $415 to 17,695, and most of this increase took place in the last year.

But from 1896 onwards the uncertainty of the political position caused a falling off in the number of immigrants, while the emigration figures still continued to grow; thus in 1900 there were 2 9, 848 adult arrivals by sea, as compared with 21,163 departures.

Rothe, amongst other moral philosophers, bases his system substantially, with important departures, on Schleiermacher's.

The Arunta of Messrs Spencer and Gillen may have possessed and deposed the Altjira superior being of the Arunta known to Mr Strehlow, like the Atnatu of the adjacent Kaitish, or the All-Father of the neighbouring Luritja; or these beings may be more recent divergences of doctrine, departures from pure Alcheringaism with no AllFather.

Fred, rejuvenated, popped up to check his e-mails as soon as he felt he'd drained the well of intelligence the Deans had been holding back during his jury and jail departures.

All their departures are quite amicable, we hasten to add!

Glazed express lifts rise vertically at the northern end of the plaza to connect the rail services with the arrivals and departures concourses.

In 2006 we are offering two escorted departures on this route.

Guests with earlier airport departures are offered a continental buffet breakfast to start the day.

Air France had to substantially reorganize flight departures and arrivals following the partial collapse of boarding lounges at Terminal 2E last May.

Jupiter has recently restructured its bonus scheme in the aftermath of several key departures from Jupiter to New Star.

During the years 1880-1889, when the country enjoyed exceptional prosperity, the arrivals numbered 1,020,907 and the departures only 175,038, but in 1890-1899, a period of financial depression following the extravagant Celman administration, the arrivals were 928,865 and the departures 552,175.

There is ample evidence, however, that such departures from type are equally frequent when there was no possibility of earlier mismating (see Telegony).

One of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the so-called laws of war is the action of scattered groups against men pressed together in a mass.

Sustained departures from the normal seasonal runoff and recharge patterns have typified many regions.

There are 136 scheduled departures from Slough Bus Stn on the day and full details are incorporated in the timetable booklet.

There are two Bus departures for each DFDS Seaways sailings.

This offer is only valid for departures 1st March to 30th March 2007 and is based on a minimum of 2 adults.

Starline tours run every day, year round, with departures every half hour, on the half hour.

The ship offers both weekend and mid-week departures, giving prospective passengers great flexibility with their travel plans.

Since the vessels that explore the waters around the continent are smaller than traditional cruise ships, it is not unusual for travelers to be able to purchase spots on Antarctica voyages less than 24 hours prior to their departures.

Slight departures from the schedule do not keep the child from developing immunity, as long as all the vaccinations are received close to the right times.

Slight departures from the schedule will not stop the child from developing immunity, as long as the child gets all the vaccinations close the right times.

If possible, book your salon visit mid-trip so that any chance delays or departures won't interfere with your scheduled appointment time.

Rumors of the imminent departures of both Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall sent shockwaves rippling through the daytime fandom in 2009.

He left and returned a few times, playing Micah DeAngelis on Santa Barbara during one of his departures.

After Bilbo's party, with a few departures into some gentle comic relief, usually provided by the Gamgees, the epic's general flavor becomes high-flown and suitably solemn.

From national holidays to personal vacation departures, people use tickers and timers to count down how much time is left until something exciting takes place - and they use Myspace to help others get excited as well!

New arrivals and departures at Bird Song were nonexistent as all present guests were staying at least through the weekend.

A considerable percentage of these arrivals and departures represents seasonal labourers, who come out from Europe solely for the Argentine wheat harvest and should not be classed as immigrants.

Another report gives the arrivals in 1904 as 125,567 and the departures 38,923.