English Dictionary: Defloration | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Bellerophon \[d8]Bel*ler"o*phon\, n. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. | |
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d8Bolero \[d8]Bo*le"ro\, n. A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women. | |
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d8Bolero \[d8]Bo*le"ro\, n. [Sp.] (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it. | |
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d8Diablerie \[d8]Dia`ble*rie"\, Diabley \Di*ab"le*y\, n. [F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See {Devil}.] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief. | |
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d8Doublure \[d8]Dou`blure"\, n. [F.] 1. (Bookbinding) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like. 2. (Paleon.) The reflexed margin of the trilobite carapace. | |
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d8Filaria \[d8]Fi*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See {Guinea worm}. | |
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d8Filariasis \[d8]Fil`a*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL.] (Med.) The presence of filari[91] in the blood; infection with filari[91]. | |
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d8Fleur-de-lis \[d8]Fleur`-de-lis`\, n.; pl. {Fleurs-de-lis}. [F., flower of the lily. Cf. {Flower-de-luce}, {Lily}.] 1. (Bot.) The iris. See {Flower-de-luce}. 2. A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France. | |
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d8Fleuron \[d8]Fleu`ron"\, n. [F., fr. OF. floron. Cf. {Floroon}.] A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace. | |
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d8Flor82al \[d8]Flo`r[82]al"\, n. [F. flor[82]al, fr. L. flos, floris, flower.] The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See {Vend[82]miare}. | |
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d8Floride91 \[d8]Flo*rid"e*[91]\, n. pl. [NL., from L. flos, floris, a flower.] (Bot.) A subclass of alg[91] including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodosperme[91] of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species. | |
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d8Fluor \[d8]Flu"or\, n. [L., a flowing, fr. fluere to flow. See {Fluent}.] 1. A fluid state. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. 2. Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses. [Obs.] 3. (Min.) See {Fluorite}. | |
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d8Fluor albus \[d8]Flu"or albus\ [L., white flow.] (Med.) The whites; leucorrh[91]a. | |
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d8Foulard \[d8]Fou`lard"\, n. [F.] A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere. | |
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d8Pelargonium \[d8]Pel`ar*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a stork.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants of the order {Geraniace[91]}, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla. Note: About one hundred and seventy species are known, nearly all of them natives of South Africa, and many having very beautiful blossoms. See the Note under {Geranium}. | |
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d8Peloria \[d8]Pe*lo"ri*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] monstrous.] (Bot.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity. | |
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d8Pelure \[d8]Pe*lure"\, n. [F., lit., peel, fr. peler to peel.] A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps. | |
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d8Phillyrea \[d8]Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?].] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive. | |
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d8Pileorhiza \[d8]Pi`le*o*rhi"za\, n.; pl. {Pilorhiz[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cap + [?] root.] (Bot.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap. | |
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d8Pleura \[d8]Pleu"ra\, n., pl. of {Pleuron}. | |
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d8Pleuralgia \[d8]Pleu*ral"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] rib + [?] pain.] (Med.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs. | |
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d8Pleurapophysis \[d8]Pleu`ra*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Pleurapophyses}. [NL. See {Pleura}, and {Apophysis}.] (Anat.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib. -- {Pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al}, a. --Owen. | |
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d8Pleuritis \[d8]Pleu*ri"tis\, n. [L.] (Med.) Pleurisy. | |
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d8Pleurobrachia \[d8]Pleu`ro*brach"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Pleuro-}, and {Brachium}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles. | |
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d8Pleurobranchia \[d8]Pleu`ro*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl. {Pleuroeranchi[91]}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pleurobranch}. | |
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d8Pleurocentrum \[d8]Pleu`ro*cen"trum\, n. [NL. see {Pleuro-}, and {Centrum}.] (Anat.) One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebr[91] in some fossil batrachians. | |
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d8Pleurodynia \[d8]Pleu`ro*dyn"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] side + [?] pain.] (Med.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism. | |
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d8Pleuron \[d8]Pleu"ron\, n.; pl. {Pleura}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a rib.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the sides of an animal. (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean. | |
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d8Pleuroptera \[d8]Pleu*rop"te*ra\, n. pl [NL., fr. Gr. [?] side + [?] wing.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Isectivora, including the colugo. | |
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d8Pleurosigma \[d8]Pleu`ro*sig"ma\, n. [NL. See {Pleuro-}, and {Sigma}.] (Bot.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. {Pleurosigma angulatum} has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes. | |
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d8Pleurosteon \[d8]Pleu*ros"te*on\, n.; pl. L. {Pleurostea}, E. {-ons}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a rib + [?] a bone.] (Anat.) The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds. | |
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d8Pleurothotonus \[d8]Pleu`ro*thot"o*nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pleyro`qen from the side + to`nos a stretching.] (Med.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally. --Quain. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Pleurotoma \[d8]Pleu*rot"o*ma\, n.; pl. L. {Pleurotom[91]}, E. {Pleurotomas}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the side + tomh` a cut.] (Zo[94]l.) Any marine gastropod belonging to {Pleurotoma}, and ether allied genera of the family {Pleurotmid[91]}. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit. | |
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d8Pluries \[d8]Plu"ri*es\, n. [So called from L. pluries many times, often, which occurs in the first clause.] (Law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded. --Mozley & W. | |
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d8Pluroderes \[d8]Plu*rod"e*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the side + [?] the neck.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example. | |
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d8Polaris \[d8]Po*la"ris\, n. [NL. See {Polar}.] (Astron.) The polestar. See {North star}, under {North}. | |
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d8Poluria \[d8]Pol`*u"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Poly-}, and {Urine}.] (Med.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst. | |
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d8Pylorus \[d8]Py*lo"rus\, n.; pl. {Pylori}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] pylorus, gate keeper; [?] a gate + [?] watcher, guardian.] (Anat.) (a) The opening from the stomach into the intestine. (b) A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates. | |
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d8Tubulari91 \[d8]Tu`bu*la"ri*[91]\, n. pl. [NL.] See {Tubularida}. | |
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d8Tubularia \[d8]Tu`bu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles. | |
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d8Tubularida \[d8]Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[91]}. | |
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d8Velarium \[d8]Ve*la"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Velaria}. [L., a covering.] (Zo[94]l.) The marginal membrane of certain medus[91] belonging to the Discophora. | |
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Dabbler \Dab"bler\, n. 1. One who dabbles. 2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. [bd]our dabblers in politics.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Dayflower \Day"flow`er\ (-flou`[etil]r), n. (Bot.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs ({Commelina}), having ephemeral flowers. | |
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Defailure \De*fail"ure\, n. Failure. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Defiler \De*fil"er\, n. One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes. | |
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Deflorate \De*flo"rate\, a. [LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See {Deflour}.] (Bot.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. --Gray. | |
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Defloration \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F. d[82]floration.] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. --Johnson. 2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.] The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Deflour \De*flour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defloured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deflouring}.] [F. d[82]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and cf. {Deflorate}.] 1. To deprive of flowers. 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce. | |
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Deflour \De*flour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defloured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deflouring}.] [F. d[82]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and cf. {Deflorate}.] 1. To deprive of flowers. 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce. | |
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Deflourer \De*flour"er\, n. One who deflours; a ravisher. | |
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Deflour \De*flour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defloured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deflouring}.] [F. d[82]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and cf. {Deflorate}.] 1. To deprive of flowers. 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce. | |
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Deflower \De*flow"er\, v. t. [Pref. de- + flower.] Same as {Deflour}. An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --W. Montagu. If a man had deflowered a virgin. --Milton. | |
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Deflowerer \De*flow"er*er\, n. See {Deflourer}. --Milton. | |
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Deplorability \De*plor`a*bil"i*ty\, n. Deplorableness. --Stormonth. | |
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Deplorable \De*plor"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]plorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. --Burke. | |
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Deplorableness \De*plor"a*ble*ness\, n. State of being deplorable. | |
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Deplorably \De*plor"a*bly\, adv. In a deplorable manner. | |
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Deplorate \De*plo"rate\, a. [L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See {Deplore}.] Deplorable. [Obs.] A more deplorate estate. --Baker. | |
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Deploration \Dep`lo*ra"tion\, n. [L. deploratio: cf. F. d[82]ploration.] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. --Speed. | |
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Deplore \De*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploring}.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d[82]plorer. Cf. Flow.] 1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. --Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. --Pope. 2. To complain of. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To {Deplore}, {Mourn}, {Lament}, {Bewail}, {Bemoan}. Usage: Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. | |
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Deplore \De*plore"\, v. i. To lament. --Gray. | |
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Deplore \De*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploring}.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d[82]plorer. Cf. Flow.] 1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. --Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. --Pope. 2. To complain of. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To {Deplore}, {Mourn}, {Lament}, {Bewail}, {Bemoan}. Usage: Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. | |
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Deploredly \De*plor"ed*ly\, adv. Lamentably. | |
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Deploredness \De*plor"ed*ness\, n. The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] --Bp. Hail. | |
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Deplorement \De*plore"ment\, n. Deploration. [Obs.] | |
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Deplore \De*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploring}.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d[82]plorer. Cf. Flow.] 1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. --Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. --Pope. 2. To complain of. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: To {Deplore}, {Mourn}, {Lament}, {Bewail}, {Bemoan}. Usage: Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. | |
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Deploringly \De*plor"ing*ly\, adv. In a deploring manner. | |
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Deplorre \De*plor"re\, n. One who deplores. | |
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Depolarization \De*po`lar*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]polarisation.] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. {Depolarization of light} (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition. | |
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Depolarization \De*po`lar*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]polarisation.] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. {Depolarization of light} (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition. | |
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Depolarize \De*po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depolarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depolarizing}.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d[82]polarizer.] 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer. 2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. | |
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Depolarize \De*po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depolarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depolarizing}.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d[82]polarizer.] 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer. 2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. | |
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Depolarizer \De*po"lar*i`zer\, n. (Elec.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery. | |
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Depolarize \De*po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depolarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depolarizing}.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d[82]polarizer.] 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer. 2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[edh]scipe, AS. weor[edh]scipe; weor[edh] worth + -scipe -ship. See {Worth}, a., and {-ship}.] 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] --Shak. A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer. Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser. 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] Of which great worth and worship may be won. --Spenser. Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv. 10. 3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. My father desires your worships' company. --Shak. 4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. [bd]God with idols in their worship joined.[b8] --Milton. The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. --Tillotson. 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. 'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak. 6. An object of worship. In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. --Longfellow. {Devil worship}, {Fire worship}, {Hero worship}, etc. See under {Devil}, {Fire}, {Hero}, etc. | |
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Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] | |
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Devilry \Dev"il*ry\, n.; pl. {Devilries}. 1. Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry. Stark lies and devilry. --Sir T. More. 2. The whole body of evil spirits. --Tylor. | |
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Devilry \Dev"il*ry\, n.; pl. {Devilries}. 1. Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry. Stark lies and devilry. --Sir T. More. 2. The whole body of evil spirits. --Tylor. | |
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Dibbler \Dib"bler\, n. One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed. | |
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Dipolar \Di*po"lar\, a. [Pre. di- + polar. Cf. {Bipolar}.] Having two poles, as a magnetic bar. | |
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Dopplerite \Dop"pler*ite\, n. [Named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.] (Min.) A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses. | |
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular. --Sir I. Newton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction. (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude. {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the two media traversed by the ray. {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction, in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence; and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed relative places of the two bodies. {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative, double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix. {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}. {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of refraction. {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying density. | |
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Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. | |
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Micrometer \Mi*crom"e*ter\, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F. microm[8a]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. {Circular, [or] Ring}, {micrometer}, a metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences of right ascension and declination between stars by observations of the times at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring. {Double image micrometer}, a micrometer in which two images of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as a heliometer. {Double refraction micrometer}, a species of double image micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the double refraction of rock crystal. {Filar, [or] Bifilar}, {micrometer}. See under {Bifilar}. {Micrometer} {caliper [or] gauge} (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy. {Micrometer head}, the head of a micrometer screw. {Micrometer microscope}, a compound microscope combined with a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with a graduated head used in some forms of micrometers. {Position micrometer}. See under {Position}. {Scale}, [or] {Linear}, {micrometer}, a minute and very delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison. | |
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Riveting \Riv"et*ing\, n. 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. 2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. --Tomlinsin. {Butt riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint. {Chain riveting}, riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other. {Crossed riveting}, riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row. {Double riveting}, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint. {Lap riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together. | |
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Doublehearted \Dou"ble*heart"ed\, a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. --Sandys. | |
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Doubler \Dou"bler\, n. 1. A part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled. 2. (Calico Printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder. | |
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Doubler \Dou"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, doubles. 2. (Elec.) An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope. | |
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Double-ripper \Dou"ble-rip"per\, n. A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Duple \Du"ple\, a. [L. duplus. See {Double}.] Double. {Duple ratio} (Math.), that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc. |