LOCAL ATTRACTION
\lˈə͡ʊkə͡l ɐtɹˈakʃən], \lˈəʊkəl ɐtɹˈakʃən], \l_ˈəʊ_k_əl ɐ_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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A L. A. may be exerted on a plumb-line by the gravitation of a heavy mass, e.g. a mountain, and cause it to deviate from the direction proper to the mean form of the earth in its neighbourhood.
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In Mag., an attraction at a given place exerted by objects in the neighbourhood causing a magnet to deviate from the magnetic meridian of the place.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).