All 18 Uses of
accord
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
- It is my supposition that this is the translator's way of writing 'mm' and I have replaced it accordingly, since our typography does not allow such a character.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- [1] The degrees of temperature are given by Jules Verne according to the centigrade system, for which we will in each case substitute the Fahrenheit measurement.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- His engagement was not to terminate with our arrival at Stapi; he was to continue in my uncle's service for the whole period of his scientific researches, for the remuneration of three rixdales a week (about twelve shillings), but it was an express article of the covenant that his wages should be counted out to him every Saturday at six o'clock in the evening, which, according to him, was one indispensable part of the engagement.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- The host served out to us a soup made of lichen and by no means unpleasant, then an immense piece of dried fish floating in butter rancid with twenty years' keeping, and, therefore, according to Icelandic gastronomy, much preferable to fresh butter.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Our hostess hospitably offered us her assistance in undressing, according to Icelandic usage; but on our gracefully declining, she insisted no longer, and I was able at last to curl myself up in my mossy bed.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- After about four hours' walking the horses stopped of their own accord at the door of the priest's house at Stapi.
Chpt 13 (definition 2) *own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
- "According to your system," said my uncle.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- According to exact observations, the increase of temperature in the interior of the globe advances at the rate of one degree (1-4/5 deg.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- On Friday evening, the 10th of July, according to our calculations, we were thirty leagues south-east of Rejkiavik, and at a depth of two leagues and a half.†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- And here, according to the law of increasing temperature, there ought to be a heat of 2,732 deg.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Yes; according to a rather obscure law.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- I knew that the LYCOPODON GIGANTEUM attains, according to Bulliard, a circumference of eight or nine feet; but here were pale mushrooms, thirty to forty feet high, and crowned with a cap of equal diameter.†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- At a certain period the earth consisted only of an elastic crust or bark, alternately acted on by forces from above or below, according to the laws of attraction and gravitation.†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- Its jaw is enormous, and according to naturalists it is armed with no less than one hundred and eighty-two teeth.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- Thus, at one bound, the record of the existence of man receded far back into the history of the ages past; he was a predecessor of the mastodon; he was a contemporary of the southern elephant; he lived a hundred thousand years ago, when, according to geologists, the pleiocene formation was in progress.†
Chpt 38 (definition 1)
- The Professor was getting excited according to his wont, and was allowing his imagination to run away with him.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- I knew quite well that according to the best received theories the mineral covering of the globe is never at absolute rest; the changes brought about by the chemical decomposition of its component parts, the agitation caused by great liquid torrents, and the magnetic currents, are continually tending to disturb it—even when living beings upon its surface may fancy that all is quiet below.†
Chpt 43 (definition 1)
- According to the compass we have gone northward.
Chpt 44 (definition 1) *according to = based upon (in keeping with)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.