English Dictionary: fossorial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See {Figure}.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint} or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}. {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See {Figure}.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint} or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}. {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figural \Fig"ur*al\, a. [From {Figure}.] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mus.) Figurate. See {Figurate}. {Figural numbers}. See {Figurate numbers}, under {Figurate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Figurial \Fi*gu"ri*al\, a. Represented by figure or delineation. [R.] --Craig. | |
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Fissural \Fis"sur*al\, a. Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Zygobranchia \[d8]Zyg`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a yoke + [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone ({Haliotis}) and the keyhole limpet ({Fissurella}) are examples. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fossorial \Fos*so"ri*al\, a. [L. fossor a digger.] Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fusarole \Fu"sa*role\, n. [F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr. fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See {Fusee} a conical wheel.] (Arch.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FGRAAL Fortran extended GRAph Algorithmic Language. A Fortran extension for handling sets and graphs. "On a Programming Language for Graph Algorithms", W.C. Rheinboldt et al, BIT 12(2) 1972. |