Fol"low*ing (?), n.
1.
One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
Macaulay.
2.
Vocation; business; profession.
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Fol"low*ing, a.
1.
Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
2. Astron.
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.
⇒ The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.
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