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Gander \Gan"der\, n. [AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See {Goose}.] The male of any species of goose. | |
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Gantry \Gan"try\, n. See {Gauntree}. | |
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Gauntree \Gaun"tree\, Gauntry \Gaun"try\, n. [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.] 1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Engin.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. --Knight. | |
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Gauntree \Gaun"tree\, Gauntry \Gaun"try\, n. [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.] 1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Engin.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. --Knight. | |
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Gawntree \Gawn"tree\, n. See {Gauntree}. | |
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Gendarmery \Gen*darm"er*y\, n. [F. gendarmerie.] The body of gendarmes. | |
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d8Gendarme \[d8]Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. {Gendarmes}, or {Gens d'armes}. [F.] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France] 2. An armed policeman in France. --Thackeray. | |
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Gender \Gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gendering}.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See {Gender}, n.] To beget; to engender. | |
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Gender \Gen"der\, v. i. To copulate; to breed. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Gender \Gen"der\, n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F. genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See {Kin}, and cf. {Generate}, {Genre}, {Gentle}, {Genus}.] 1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] [bd]One gender of herbs.[b8] --Shak. 2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.] 3. (Gram.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. --R. Morris. Note: Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer. | |
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Gender \Gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gendering}.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See {Gender}, n.] To beget; to engender. | |
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Gender \Gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gendering}.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See {Gender}, n.] To beget; to engender. | |
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Genderless \Gen"der*less\, a. Having no gender. | |
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Genitor \Gen"i*tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who begets; a generator; an originator. --Sheldon. 2. pl. The genitals. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Genitourinary \Gen`i*to*u"ri*na*ry\, a. [Genital + urinary.] (Anat.) See {Urogenital}. | |
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Geniture \Gen"i*ture\, n. [L. genitura: cf. F. g[82]niture.] Generation; procreation; birth. --Dryden. | |
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Genterie \Gen"ter*ie\, Gentrie \Gen"trie\, n. [OE. See {Gentry}.] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Genterie \Gen"ter*ie\, Gentrie \Gen"trie\, n. [OE. See {Gentry}.] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Gentry \Gen"try\, n. [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See {Gent}, a., {Gentle}, a.] 1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] [bd]Pride of gentrie.[b8] --Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. --Shak. 2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. --Macaulay. 3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. --Shak. | |
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Geometer \Ge*om"e*ter\, n. [F. g[82]om[8a]tre, L. geometres, geometra, fr. Gr. gewme`trhs, fr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + me`tron measure. See {Meter} measure.] 1. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician. --I. Watts. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid. | |
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Geometral \Ge*om"e*tral\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]om[82]tral.] Pertaining to geometry. [Obs.] | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also {lay} and {batten}. {Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. {Drill lathe}, [or] {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. {Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. {Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. {Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric} {Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. {Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Pace \Pace\, n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Pas}, {Pass}.] 1. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. 2. The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. [bd]The heigh of sixty pace .[b8] --Chaucer. Note: Ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching pace in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman pace (passus) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet. 3. Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. --Chaucer. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. --Shak. In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught. --Walsh. 4. A slow gait; a footpace. [Obs.] --Chucer. 5. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. 6. Any single movement, step, or procedure. [R.] The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain. --Sir W. Temple. 7. (Arch.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. 8. (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. {Geometrical pace}, the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See {Roman pace} in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.] {To} {keep, [or] hold}, {pace with}, to keep up with; to go as fast as. [bd]In intellect and attainments he kept pace with his age.[b8] --Southey. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.] 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. 2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. --Evelyn. 3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. 4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. {Arithmetical progression}, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2. {Geometrical progression}, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2] by a continual multiplication or division by 2. {Harmonic progression}, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as [frac12], [frac14], [frac16], [frac18], [frac1x10]. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Square \Square\, n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. [82]querre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadrant}, {Squad}, {Squer} a square.] 1. (Geom.) (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.] (b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. 2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as: (a) A square piece or fragment. He bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A pane of glass. (c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. (d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet. 3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets. The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. --Addison. 4. (Mech. & Joinery) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc. 5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.] 6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 [times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}. 7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. [Obs.] They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. --Hooker. I have not kept my square. --Shak. 8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. [bd]The brave squares of war.[b8] --Shak. 9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. We live not on the square with such as these. --Dryden. 10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.] 11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.] 12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak. {Geometrical square}. See {Quadrat}, n., 2. {Hollow square} (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. {Least square}, {Magic square}, etc. See under {Least}, {Magic}, etc. {On the square}, [or] {Upon the square}, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the square with}, upon equality with; even with. --Nares. {To be all squares}, to be all settled. [Colloq.] --Dickens. {To be at square}, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] --Nares. {To break no square}, to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.] {To break squares}, to depart from an accustomed order. {To see how the squares go}, to see how the game proceeds; -- a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Quadrat \Quad"rat\, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See {Quadrate}.] 1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.] 2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also {geometrical square}, and {line of shadows}. | |
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Square \Square\, n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. [82]querre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadrant}, {Squad}, {Squer} a square.] 1. (Geom.) (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.] (b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. 2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as: (a) A square piece or fragment. He bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A pane of glass. (c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. (d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet. 3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets. The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. --Addison. 4. (Mech. & Joinery) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc. 5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.] 6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 [times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}. 7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule. [Obs.] They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. --Hooker. I have not kept my square. --Shak. 8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. [bd]The brave squares of war.[b8] --Shak. 9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. We live not on the square with such as these. --Dryden. 10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.] 11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.] 12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak. {Geometrical square}. See {Quadrat}, n., 2. {Hollow square} (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. {Least square}, {Magic square}, etc. See under {Least}, {Magic}, etc. {On the square}, [or] {Upon the square}, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the square with}, upon equality with; even with. --Nares. {To be all squares}, to be all settled. [Colloq.] --Dickens. {To be at square}, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] --Nares. {To break no square}, to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.] {To break squares}, to depart from an accustomed order. {To see how the squares go}, to see how the game proceeds; -- a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Quadrat \Quad"rat\, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See {Quadrate}.] 1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.] 2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also {geometrical square}, and {line of shadows}. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]om[82]trique.] Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. {Geometrical curve}. Same as {Algebraic curve}; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. {Geometric lathe}, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also {cycloidal engine}. {Geometrical pace}, a measure of five feet. {Geometric pen}, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. {Geometrical plane} (Persp.), the same as {Ground plane} . {Geometrical progression}, {proportion}, {ratio}. See under {Progression}, {Proportion} and {Ratio}. {Geometrical radius}, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. {Geometric spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to {Epeira} and allied genera, as the garden spider. See {Garden spider}. {Geometric square}, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. {Geometrical staircase}, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. {Geometrical tracery}, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. | |
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Geometrically \Ge`o*met"ric*al*ly\, adv. According to the rules or laws of geometry. | |
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Geometrician \Ge*om`e*tri"cian\, n. One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician. | |
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Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining or belonging to the {Geometrid[91]}. | |
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Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family {Geometrid[91]}; -- so called because their larv[91] (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms. | |
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Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[82]om[82]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to measure land; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See {Geometer}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 2. A treatise on this science. {Analytical, [or] Co[94]rdinate}, {geometry}, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. {Descriptive geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. {Elementary geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. {Higher geometry}, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. | |
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Geometrize \Ge*om"e*trize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geometrized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geometrizing}.] To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Geometrize \Ge*om"e*trize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geometrized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geometrizing}.] To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Geometrize \Ge*om"e*trize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Geometrized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Geometrizing}.] To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[82]om[82]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to measure land; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See {Geometer}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 2. A treatise on this science. {Analytical, [or] Co[94]rdinate}, {geometry}, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. {Descriptive geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. {Elementary geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. {Higher geometry}, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. | |
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Mathematics \Math`e*mat"ics\, n. [F. math[82]matiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) science. See {Mathematic}, and {-ics}.] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. Note: Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. {Arithmetic}. 2. {Geometry}, including {Trigonometry} and {Conic Sections}. 3. {Analysis}, in which letters are used, including {Algebra}, {Analytical Geometry}, and {Calculus}. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations. | |
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Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[82]om[82]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to measure land; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See {Geometer}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 2. A treatise on this science. {Analytical, [or] Co[94]rdinate}, {geometry}, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. {Descriptive geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. {Elementary geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. {Higher geometry}, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. | |
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Mathematics \Math`e*mat"ics\, n. [F. math[82]matiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) science. See {Mathematic}, and {-ics}.] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. Note: Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. {Arithmetic}. 2. {Geometry}, including {Trigonometry} and {Conic Sections}. 3. {Analysis}, in which letters are used, including {Algebra}, {Analytical Geometry}, and {Calculus}. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations. | |
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Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[82]om[82]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to measure land; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See {Geometer}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 2. A treatise on this science. {Analytical, [or] Co[94]rdinate}, {geometry}, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. {Descriptive geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. {Elementary geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. {Higher geometry}, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. | |
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Mathematics \Math`e*mat"ics\, n. [F. math[82]matiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) science. See {Mathematic}, and {-ics}.] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. Note: Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. {Arithmetic}. 2. {Geometry}, including {Trigonometry} and {Conic Sections}. 3. {Analysis}, in which letters are used, including {Algebra}, {Analytical Geometry}, and {Calculus}. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations. | |
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Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. {Giant heron} (Zo[94]l.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known. {Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}. {Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}. {Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. {Giant salamander} (Zo[94]l.), a very large aquatic salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. {Giant squid} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. | |
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Giantry \Gi"ant*ry\, n. The race of giants. [R.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Gnatworm \Gnat"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler. | |
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Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. 2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton. {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}. {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] --Gay. {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N. meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a finer species. {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See {Amomum}. {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}. {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica}, a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper [92]thiopicum}. {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
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Tragacanth \Trag"a*canth\, n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. [?] [?] a he-goat + [?] a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.] A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub ({Astragalus gummifer}) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also {gum tragacanth}. | |
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Dracanth \Dra"canth\, n. A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. | |
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d8Astragalus \[d8]As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See {Astragal}.] 1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. 2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe {Galege[91]}, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, {milk vetch} and {licorice vetch}. {Gum tragacanth} is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the {A. gummifer} and {A. verus}. 3. (Arch.) See {Astragal}, 1. | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
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Tragacanth \Trag"a*canth\, n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. [?] [?] a he-goat + [?] a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.] A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub ({Astragalus gummifer}) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also {gum tragacanth}. | |
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Dracanth \Dra"canth\, n. A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. | |
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d8Astragalus \[d8]As*trag"a*lus\, n. [L. See {Astragal}.] 1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle. 2. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe {Galege[91]}, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, {milk vetch} and {licorice vetch}. {Gum tragacanth} is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the {A. gummifer} and {A. verus}. 3. (Arch.) See {Astragal}, 1. | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Eucalyptus \[d8]Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from GR. [?] well, good + [?] covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia. Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called {gum trees}, and their timber is of great value. {Eucalyptus Globulus} is the blue gum; {E. gigantea}, the stringy bark: {E. amygdalina}, the peppermint tree. {E. Gunnii}, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunter rig \Gun"ter rig`\ (Naut.) A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunter's chain \Gun"ter's chain`\ (Surveying) The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See {Chain}, n., 4, and {Gunter's scale}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunter's line \Gun"ter's line`\ A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also {line of lines}, and {line of numbers}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrant \Quad"rant\, n. [L. quadrans, -antis, a fourth part, a fourth of a whole, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrant, cadran. See {Four}, and cf. {Cadrans}.] 1. The fourth part; the quarter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90[deg], or one subtending a right angle at the center. 3. (Anal. (Geom.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the co[94]rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. 4. An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90[deg], with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. {Gunner's quadrant}, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range. {Gunter's quadrant}. See {Gunter's quadrant}, in the Vocabulary. {Hadley's quadrant}, a hand instrument used chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more properly, but less commonly, called an octant. {Quadrant of altitude}, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunter's quadrant \Gun"ter's quad`rant\ A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See {Gunter's scale}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gunter's scale \Gun"ter's scale`\ A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also {Gunter's chain}, and {Gunter's quadrant}. Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in surveying and navigation may be solved, mechanically, by the aid of dividers alone. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gene Autry, OK (town, FIPS 28950) Location: 34.28481 N, 97.03767 W Population (1990): 97 (49 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gentry, AR (city, FIPS 26290) Location: 36.26681 N, 94.48285 W Population (1990): 1726 (684 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72734 Gentry, MO (village, FIPS 26776) Location: 40.33309 N, 94.42354 W Population (1990): 95 (48 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64453 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gentry County, MO (county, FIPS 75) Location: 40.21786 N, 94.41126 W Population (1990): 6848 (3232 housing units) Area: 1273.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gentryville, IN (town, FIPS 27270) Location: 38.10881 N, 87.03039 W Population (1990): 277 (109 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47537 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gunter, TX (town, FIPS 31616) Location: 33.45076 N, 96.74186 W Population (1990): 898 (303 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75058 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Gunter Afs, AL Zip code(s): 36115 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Guntersville, AL (city, FIPS 32416) Location: 34.35676 N, 86.27041 W Population (1990): 7038 (3154 housing units) Area: 55.6 sq km (land), 38.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35976 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Gender and Ethnicity Hackerdom is still predominantly male. However, the percentage of women is clearly higher than the low-single-digit range typical for technical professions, and female hackers are generally respected and dealt with as equals. In the U.S., hackerdom is predominantly Caucasian with strong minorities of Jews (East Coast) and Orientals (West Coast). The Jewish contingent has exerted a particularly pervasive cultural influence (see {Food}, above, and note that several common jargon terms are obviously mutated Yiddish). No definitions found for "gender mender" The ethnic distribution of hackers is understood by them to be a function of which ethnic groups tend to seek and value education. Racial and ethnic prejudice is notably uncommon and tends to be met with freezing contempt. When asked, hackers often ascribe their culture's gender- and color-blindness to a positive effect of text-only network channels, and this is doubtless a powerful influence. Also, the ties many hackers have to AI research and SF literature may have helped them to develop an idea of personhood that is inclusive rather than exclusive -- after all, if one's imagination readily grants full human rights to future AI programs, robots, dolphins, and extraterrestrial aliens, mere color and gender can't seem very important any more. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
gender mender n. [common] A cable connector shell with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to correct the mismatches that result when some {loser} didn't understand the RS232C specification and the distinction between DTE and DCE. Used esp. for RS-232C parts in either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's bogus D-9 format. Also called `gender bender', `gender blender', `sex changer', and even `homosexual adapter;' however, there appears to be some confusion as to whether a `male homosexual adapter' has pins on both sides (is doubly male) or sockets on both sides (connects two males). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
game tree {node} in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching ("edge" in graph terms) represents a possible move. (1998-11-14) |