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Webster 1913 Edition
Following
Fol′low-ing
,Noun.
1.
One’s followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
Macaulay.
2.
Vocation; business; profession.
Fol′low-ing
,Adj.
1.
Next after; succeeding; ensuing;
as, the assembly was held on the
. following
day2.
(Astron.)
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation);
as, a small star, north
. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding. following
or south following
☞ The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.
Webster 1828 Edition
Following
FOL'LOWING
,ppr.