abaxial
         adj 1: facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the
                  abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing
                  away from the stem" [syn: {abaxial}, {dorsal}] [ant:
                  {adaxial}, {ventral}]

English Dictionary: Apocalypse	by the DICT Development Group
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abaxially adv in an abaxial manner Antonym(s): adaxially
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abcoulomb n a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs
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Abies alba n tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark Synonym(s): European silver fir, Christmas tree, Abies alba
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Abies lasiocarpa n medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown Synonym(s): Alpine fir, subalpine fir, Abies lasiocarpa
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Abies lowiana n medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood Synonym(s): white fir, Colorado fir, California white fir, Abies concolor, Abies lowiana
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abocclusion n the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting
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abseil n (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body Synonym(s): rappel, abseil v lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" Synonym(s): rappel, abseil, rope down
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abseiler n a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point Synonym(s): abseiler, rappeller
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absolute adj perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" Antonym(s): comparative, relative complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" Synonym(s): absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a) not limited by law; "an absolute monarch" expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority" not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights" Synonym(s): absolute, infrangible, inviolable n something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
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absolute alcohol n pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)
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absolute ceiling n the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight
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absolute frequency n the number of observations in a given statistical category Synonym(s): frequency, absolute frequency
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absolute magnitude n (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth
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absolute majority n (elections) more than half of the votes [syn: majority, absolute majority]
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absolute pitch n the ability to identify the pitch of a tone [syn: {absolute pitch}, perfect pitch]
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absolute scale n a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees Synonym(s): Kelvin scale, absolute scale
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absolute space n physical space independent of what occupies it
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absolute temperature n temperature measured on the absolute scale
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absolute threshold n the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
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absolute value n a real number regardless of its sign [syn: {absolute value}, numerical value]
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absolute viscosity n a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force Synonym(s): coefficient of viscosity, absolute viscosity, dynamic viscosity
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absolute zero n (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit
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absolutely adv completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" Synonym(s): absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
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absoluteness n the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" Synonym(s): starkness, absoluteness, utterness the quality of being absolute; "the absoluteness of the pope's decree could not be challenged"
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absolution n the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance Synonym(s): absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin
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absolutism n dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn: absolutism, tyranny, despotism] a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Synonym(s): dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government Synonym(s): absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism the doctrine of an absolute being
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absolutist adj pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism [syn: absolutist, absolutistic] n one who advocates absolutism
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absolutistic adj pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism [syn: absolutist, absolutistic]
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absolve v grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" Synonym(s): shrive, absolve let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" Synonym(s): absolve, justify, free Antonym(s): blame, fault
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absolved adj freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated" Synonym(s): absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
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absolver n someone who grants absolution
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absolvitory adj providing absolution [syn: absolvitory, exonerative, forgiving]
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abyssal adj relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" Synonym(s): abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable
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abyssal zone n the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light
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affixal adj of or pertaining to a linguistic affix [syn: affixal, affixial]
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affixial adj of or pertaining to a linguistic affix [syn: affixal, affixial]
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aphis lion n carnivorous larva of lacewing flies [syn: aphid lion, aphis lion]
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apical adj situated at an apex
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apical placentation n where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary
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apiculate adj (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
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apicultural adj relating to the care and breeding of bees
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apiculture n the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey Synonym(s): beekeeping, apiculture
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apiculturist n a farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper, apiarist, apiculturist]
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apocalypse n a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle Synonym(s): Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation
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apocalyptic adj prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory] of or relating to an apocalypse
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apocalyptical adj prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]
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aposelene n apoapsis in orbit around the moon [syn: aposelene, apolune] Antonym(s): perilune, periselene
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avascular adj without blood vessels Antonym(s): vascular
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Abaculus \[d8]A*bac"u*lus\ ([adot]b*[acr]k"[usl]*l[ucr]s), n.;       pl. {Abaculi} (-l[imac]). [L., dim. of abacus.] (Arch.)       A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various       colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic       pavements. --Fairholt.
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Abaxial \Ab*ax"i*al\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]*[ait]l), Abaxile    \Ab*ax"ile\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]l),a. [L. ab + axis axle.]       (Bot.)       Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. --Balfour.
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Abaxial \Ab*ax"i*al\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]*[ait]l), Abaxile    \Ab*ax"ile\ ([acr]b*[acr]ks"[icr]l),a. [L. ab + axis axle.]       (Bot.)       Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. --Balfour.
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Abigail \Ab"i*gail\, n. [The proper name used as an       appellative.]       A lady's waiting-maid. --Pepys.                   Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of                night curls for sleeping in.                  --Leslie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, n. (Geom.)       In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in       space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
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Block system \Block system\ (Railroads)       A system by which the track is divided into short sections,       as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the       guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic,       signals that no train enters a section or block until the       preceding train has left it, as in          {absolute blocking}, or that a train may be allowed to follow             another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive             caution, as in          {permissive blocking}.
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Constant \Con"stant\, n.       1. That which is not subject to change; that which is             invariable.          2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used             in countradistinction to {variable}.          {Absolute constant} (Math.), one whose value is absolutely             the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any             numeral.          {Arbitrary constant}, an undetermined constant in a             differential equation having the same value during all             changes in the values of the variables.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See       {Curvate}.]       1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved;             a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or             surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.             --Cowper.                         The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin.          2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical             curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a             tangent drawn to the curve at that point.          {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve             from a circular form.          {Absolute curvature}. See under {Absolute}.          {Angle of curvature} (Geom.), one that expresses the amount             of curvature of a curve.          {Chord of curvature}. See under {Chord}.          {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve},             under {Circle}.          {Curvature of the spine} (Med.), an abnormal curving of the             spine, especially in a lateral direction.          {Radius of curvature}, the radius of the circle of curvature,             or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.
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Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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Equation \E*qua"tion\, n. [L. aequatio an equalizing: cf. F.       [82]quation equation. See {Equate}.]       1. A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.                         Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in                      just equation with the night.            --Rowe.          2. (Math.) An expression of the condition of equality between             two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign =             being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a             quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a             transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a             logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.          3. (Astron.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean             place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any             one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken             from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a             mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as             resulting from its actual and unequal motion.          {Absolute equation}. See under {Absolute}.          {Equation box}, [or] {Equational box}, a system of             differential gearing used in spinning machines for             regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing             used in equation clocks for showing apparent time.          {Equation of the center} (Astron.), the difference between             the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a             circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse.          {Equations of condition} (Math.), equations formed for             deducing the true values of certain quantities from others             on which they depend, when different sets of the latter,             as given by observation, would yield different values of             the quantities sought, and the number of equations that             may be found is greater than the number of unknown             quantities.          {Equation of a curve} (Math.), an equation which expresses             the relation between the co[94]rdinates of every point in             the curve.          {Equation of equinoxes} (Astron.), the difference between the             mean and apparent places of the equinox.          {Equation of payments} (Arith.), the process of finding the             mean time of payment of several sums due at different             times.          {Equation of time} (Astron.), the difference between mean and             apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the             sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the             year round.          {Equation} {clock [or] watch}, a timepiece made to exhibit             the differences between mean solar and apparent solar             time. --Knight.          {Normal equation}. See under {Normal}.          {Personal equation} (Astron.), the difference between an             observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in             the observer; particularly the difference, in an average             of a large number of observation, between the instant when             an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star,             and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or,             relatively, the difference between these instants as noted             by two observers. It is usually only a fraction of a             second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of             judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities             of individuals.          {Theory of equations} (Math.), the branch of algebra that             treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of             any degree containing one unknown quantity.
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Refractive \Re*fract"ive\ (r?*fr?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.       r[82]fractif. See {Refract}.]       Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct       course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces;       refractive powers.          {Refractive index}. (Opt.) See {Index of refraction}, under             {Index}.          {Absolute refractive index} (Opt.), the index of refraction             of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.                      {Relative refractive index} (of two media) (Opt.), the ratio             of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the             angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the             media into the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Space \Space\ (sp[amac]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L.       spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to       E. span. Cf. {Expatiate}.]       1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it             may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable             and possible.                         Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor                      motion.                                             --Locke.          2. Place, having more or less extension; room.                         They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long                      had he no space to dwell [in].            --R. of                                                                               Brunne.                         While I have time and space.               --Chaucer.          3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one             thing to another; an interval between any two or more             objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the             sound was heard for the space of a mile.                         Put a space betwixt drove and drove.   --Gen. xxxii.                                                                               16.          4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time;             duration; time. [bd]Grace God gave him here, this land to             keep long space.[b8] --R. of brunne.                         Nine times the space that measures day and night.                                                                               --Milton.                         God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a                      people a longer space of repentance.   --Tillotson.          5. A short time; a while. [R.] [bd]To stay your deadly strife             a space.[b8] --Spenser.          6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]                         This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held                      after the new world the space.            --Chaucer.          7. (print.)             (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so                   as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to                   separate words or letters.             (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in                   the lines, or between lines, as in books.          Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the                compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from                each other in the same line.          8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the             lines of the staff.          {Absolute space}, {Euclidian space}, etc. See under             {Absolute}, {Euclidian}, etc.          {Space line} (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers             to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each             other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard.          {Space rule} (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the             same height as the type, used in printing short lines in             tabular matter.
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Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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{Absolute superlative}, a superlative in an absolute rather             than in a comparative or exclusive sense. See {Elative}.
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Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp[82]rature, L.       temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]       1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.                         The best composition and temperature is, to have                      openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,                      dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to                      feign, if there be no remedy.            --Bacon.                         Memory depends upon the consistence and the                      temperature of the brain.                  --I. Watts.          2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]                         In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,                      Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.          3. (Physics) Condition with respect to heat or cold,             especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by             the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as,             the temperature of the air; high temperature; low             temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.          4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]                         Made a temperature of brass and iron together.                                                                               --Holland.          {Absolute temperature}. (Physics) See under {Absolute}.          {Animal temperature} (Physiol.), the nearly constant             temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded             (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source             of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the             food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during             respiration. See {Homoiothermal}.          {Temperature sense} (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving             cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of             temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.       F. absolu. See {Absolve}.]       1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;             unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,             monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;             absolute power; an absolute monarch.          2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,             absolute perfection; absolute beauty.                         So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.                                                                               --Milton.          3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without             comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to             {relative} and {comparative}; as, absolute motion;             absolute time or space.          Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man                in a state of nature as contradistinguished from                relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him                in his social relations.          4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other             being; self-existent; self-sufficing.          Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.                The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the                universe, or the total of all existence, as only                capable of relations in its parts to each other and to                the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its                phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their                laws.          5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;             unconditioned; non-relative.          Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in                this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or                abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,                can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.                            To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word                         and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.          6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]                         I am absolute 't was very Cloten.      --Shak.          7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]                         The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,                      With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.          9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of             the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See             {Ablative absolute}, under {Ablative}.          {Absolute curvature} (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of             double curvature, which is measured in the osculating             plane of the curve.          {Absolute equation} (Astron.), the sum of the optic and             eccentric equations.          {Absolute space} (Physics), space considered without relation             to material limits or objects.          {Absolute terms}. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not             contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.          {Absolute temperature} (Physics), the temperature as measured             on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic             principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
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Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[c6]ma, akin to       t[c6]d time, and to Icel. t[c6]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw.       timme. [fb]58. See {Tide}, n.]       1. Duration, considered independently of any system of             measurement or any employment of terms which designate             limited portions thereof.                         The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to                      be accounted simple and original than those of space                      and time.                                          --Reid.          2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past,             present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as,             the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.                         God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake                      in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.                                                                               --Heb. i. 1.          3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person             lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was             destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the             plural; as, ancient times; modern times.          4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a             person has at his disposal.                         Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to                      God, to religion, to mankind.            --Buckminster.          5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.                         There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii.                                                                               1.                         The time of figs was not yet.            --Mark xi. 13.          6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.                         She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon.          7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event,             considered with reference to repetition; addition of a             number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four             times; four times four, or sixteen.                         Summers three times eight save one.   --Milton.          8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted             with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite,             duration.                         Till time and sin together cease.      --Keble.          9. (Gram.) Tense.          10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo;             rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or             triple time; the musician keeps good time.                         Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds,                mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered,                time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming,                time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned,                time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.          {Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or             epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same             instant of absolute time.          {Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so             that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit             of the sun's center over the meridian.          {Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the             hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the             next.          {At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then;             as, at times he reads, at other times he rides.          {Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common             life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours,             etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided             into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first             series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to             midnight.          {Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which             ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are             taken in one minute.          {Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n.          {In time}.             (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in                   time to see the exhibition.             (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually;                   finally; as, you will in time recover your health and                   strength.          {Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}.          {Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred             and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken             in one minute.          {Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}.          {Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by             law or by general usage over a region or country. In             England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In             the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time             have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the             people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific             time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of             the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from             Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight             hours slower than Greenwich time.          {Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a             pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich             Observatory, England. --Nichol.          {Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or             purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds,             at a certain time in the future.
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Zero \Ze"ro\, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z[82]ro, from Ar.       [cced]afrun, [cced]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.]       1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught.          2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a             thermometer, commences.          Note: Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in                the R[82]aumur thermometer, is at the point at which                water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer                is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when                immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In                Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with                1077[f8] on the Fahrenheit scale. See Illust. of                {Thermometer}.          3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his             patience had nearly reached zero.          {Absolute zero}. See under {Absolute}.          {Zero method} (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring,             forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that             the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a             galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as             contrasted with methods in which the deflection is             observed directly; -- called also {null method}.          {Zero point}, the point indicating zero, or the commencement             of a scale or reckoning.
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{Absolute zero} (Physics), the be ginning, or zero point, in             the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to             -273[deg] centigrade or -459.4[deg] Fahrenheit.          Syn: Positive; peremptory; certain; unconditional; unlimited;                unrestricted; unqualified; arbitrary; despotic;                autocratic.
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Absolutely \Ab"so*lute*ly\, adv.       In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly;       positively.
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Absoluteness \Ab"so*lute*ness\, n.       The quality of being absolute; independence of everything       extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent       reality; positiveness.
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Absolution \Ab`so*lu"tion\, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr.       absolvere to absolve. See {Absolve}.]       1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty;             forgiveness of an offense. [bd]Government . . . granting             absolution to the nation.[b8] --Froude.          2. (Civil Law) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring             and accused person innocent. [Obs.]          3. (R. C. Ch.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the             sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins             of the truly penitent are forgiven.          Note: In the English and other Protestant churches, this act                regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting                forgiveness.          4. (Eccl.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for             example, excommunication. --P. Cyc.          5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.             --Shipley.          6. Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          {Absolution day} (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.
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Absolution \Ab`so*lu"tion\, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr.       absolvere to absolve. See {Absolve}.]       1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty;             forgiveness of an offense. [bd]Government . . . granting             absolution to the nation.[b8] --Froude.          2. (Civil Law) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring             and accused person innocent. [Obs.]          3. (R. C. Ch.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the             sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins             of the truly penitent are forgiven.          Note: In the English and other Protestant churches, this act                regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting                forgiveness.          4. (Eccl.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for             example, excommunication. --P. Cyc.          5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.             --Shipley.          6. Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          {Absolution day} (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.
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Absolutism \Ab"so*lu`tism\, n.       1. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the             absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or             arbitrary government; despotism.                         The element of absolutism and prelacy was                      controlling.                                       --Palfrey.          2. (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. --Ash.
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Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, n.       1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic             government.          2. (Metaph.) One who believes that it is possible to realize             a cognition or concept of the absolute. --Sir. W.             Hamilton.
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Absolutist \Ab"so*lu`tist\, a.       Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as,       absolutist principles.
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Absolutistic \Ab`so*lu*tis"tic\, a.       Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
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Absolutory \Ab*sol"u*to*ry\, a. [L. absolutorius, fr. absolvere       to absolve.]       Serving to absolve; absolving. [bd]An absolutory       sentence.[b8] --Ayliffe.
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Absolvable \Ab*solv"a*ble\, a.       That may be absolved.
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Absolvatory \Ab*solv"a*to*ry\, a.       Conferring absolution; absolutory.
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Absolve \Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absolved}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Absolving}.] [L. absolvere to set free, to       absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See {Assoil}, {Solve}.]       1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or             responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such             ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce             free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to             absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and             remission of his punishment.                         Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --             said of the sin or guilt.                         In his name I absolve your perjury.   --Gibbon.          3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]                         The work begun, how soon absolved.      --Milton.          4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] [bd]We shall not absolve the             doubt.[b8]                                                   --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          Syn: To {Absolve}, {Exonerate}, {Acquit}.          Usage: We speak of a man as absolved from something that                   binds his conscience, or involves the charge of                   wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the                   obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a                   person as exonerated, when he is released from some                   burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate                   from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It                   implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person                   as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his                   favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a                   jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted                   of all participation in the crime.
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Absolve \Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absolved}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Absolving}.] [L. absolvere to set free, to       absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See {Assoil}, {Solve}.]       1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or             responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such             ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce             free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to             absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and             remission of his punishment.                         Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --             said of the sin or guilt.                         In his name I absolve your perjury.   --Gibbon.          3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]                         The work begun, how soon absolved.      --Milton.          4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] [bd]We shall not absolve the             doubt.[b8]                                                   --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          Syn: To {Absolve}, {Exonerate}, {Acquit}.          Usage: We speak of a man as absolved from something that                   binds his conscience, or involves the charge of                   wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the                   obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a                   person as exonerated, when he is released from some                   burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate                   from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It                   implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person                   as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his                   favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a                   jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted                   of all participation in the crime.
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Absolvent \Ab*solv"ent\, a. [L. absolvens, p. pr. of absolvere.]       Absolving. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Absolvent \Ab*solv"ent\, n.       An absolver. [R.] --Hobbes.
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Absolver \Ab*solv"er\, n.       One who absolves. --Macaulay.
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Absolve \Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absolved}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Absolving}.] [L. absolvere to set free, to       absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See {Assoil}, {Solve}.]       1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or             responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such             ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce             free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to             absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and             remission of his punishment.                         Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --             said of the sin or guilt.                         In his name I absolve your perjury.   --Gibbon.          3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]                         The work begun, how soon absolved.      --Milton.          4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] [bd]We shall not absolve the             doubt.[b8]                                                   --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          Syn: To {Absolve}, {Exonerate}, {Acquit}.          Usage: We speak of a man as absolved from something that                   binds his conscience, or involves the charge of                   wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the                   obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a                   person as exonerated, when he is released from some                   burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate                   from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It                   implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person                   as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his                   favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a                   jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted                   of all participation in the crime.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abyssal \A*byss"al\, a. [Cf. {Abysmal}.]       Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.          {Abyssal zone} (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into             which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in             describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one             furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred             fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.
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Zone \Zone\ (z[omac]n), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to       zwnny`nai to gird, Lith. j[uring]sta a girdle, j[uring]sti to       gird, Zend y[be]h.]       1. A girdle; a cincture. [Poetic]                         An embroidered zone surrounds her waist. --Dryden.                         Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound.                                                                               --Collins.          2. (Geog.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with             respect to latitude and temperature.          Note: The zones are five: the torrid zone, extending from                tropic to tropic 46[deg] 56[min], or 23[deg] 28[min] on                each side of the equator; two temperate or variable                zones, situated between the tropics and the polar                circles; and two frigid zones, situated between the                polar circles and the poles.                            Commerce . . . defies every wind, outrides every                         tempest, and invades.                     --Bancroft.          3. (Math.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included             between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of             revolution included between two planes perpendicular to             the axis. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)          4. (Nat. Hist.)             (a) A band or stripe extending around a body.             (b) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a                   zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal                   or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a                   continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains                   which is above the limit of tree growth.          5. (Crystallog.) A series of planes having mutually parallel             intersections.          6. Circuit; circumference. [R.] --Milton.          {Abyssal zone}. (Phys. Geog.) See under {Abyssal}.          {Zone axis} (Crystallog.), a straight line passing through             the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a             given zone are parallel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abyssal \A*byss"al\, a. [Cf. {Abysmal}.]       Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.          {Abyssal zone} (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into             which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in             describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one             furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred             fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.
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Aphakial \A*pha"ki*al\, a. (Med.)       Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.
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Aphis lion \A"phis li"on\ (Zo[94]l.)       The larva of the lacewinged flies ({Chrysopa}), which feeds       voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the       larv[91] of the ladybugs ({Coccinella}).
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Apical \Ap"ic*al\, a. [L. apex, apicis, tip or summit.]       At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. --Gray.
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Apicular \A*pic"u*lar\, a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex,       apicis.]       Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
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Apiculate \A*pic"u*late\, Apiculated \A*pic"u*la`ted\, a. [See       {Apicular}.] (Bot.)       Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
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Apiculate \A*pic"u*late\, Apiculated \A*pic"u*la`ted\, a. [See       {Apicular}.] (Bot.)       Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
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Apiculture \Ap"i*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E.       culture.]       Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
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Apishly \Ap"ish*ly\, adv.       In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
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Apocalypse \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. (Eccl.)       One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish       authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to       propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the       Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or       proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries       and designed to portray the future.
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Apocalypse \A*poc"a*lypse\, n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. [?], fr. [?]       to uncover, to disclose; [?] from + [?] to cover, conceal:       cf. F. apocalypse.]       1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of             Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the             last book of the New Testament.          2. Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.                         The new apocalypse of Nature.            --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\, Apocalyptical    \A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].]       Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the       Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a       prophetic revelation.          {Apocalyptic number}, the number 666, mentioned in --Rev.             xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\       ([adot]*p[ocr]k`[adot]*l[icr]p"t[icr]k), Apocalyptist    \A*poc`a*lyp"tist\, n.       The writer of the Apocalypse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\, Apocalyptical    \A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].]       Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the       Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a       prophetic revelation.          {Apocalyptic number}, the number 666, mentioned in --Rev.             xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\, Apocalyptical    \A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].]       Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the       Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a       prophetic revelation.          {Apocalyptic number}, the number 666, mentioned in --Rev.             xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptically \A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al*ly\, adv.       By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apocalyptic \A*poc`a*lyp"tic\       ([adot]*p[ocr]k`[adot]*l[icr]p"t[icr]k), Apocalyptist    \A*poc`a*lyp"tist\, n.       The writer of the Apocalypse.
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Apogeal \Ap`o*ge"al\, a. (Astron.)       Apogean.
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Sea wing \Sea" wing`\ (Zo[94]l.)       A wing shell ({Avicula}).
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Avicular \A*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. avicula a small bird, dim. of       avis bird.]       Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
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d8Bryozoum \[d8]Bry`o*zo"um\, n. [NL. See {Bryozoa}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there       may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[d2]cia       usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a       well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts       are lacking in the other zooids ({Avicularia}, {O[d2]cia},       etc.).
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Aviculture \A"vi*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. avis bird + cultura       culture.] (Zo[94]l.)       Rearing and care of birds.
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Avisely \A*vise"ly\, adv.       Advisedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABC ALGOL          An extension of {ALGOL 60} with arbitrary data       structures and user-defined operators, for {symbolic       mathematics}.          ["ABC ALGOL, A Portable Language for Formula Manipulation       Systems", R.P. van de Riet, Amsterdam Math Centrum 1973].          (1994-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABCL/1          An Object-Based Concurrent Language.          The language for the {ABCL} {MIMD} system, written by Akinori       Yonezawa of Department of       Information Science, {Tokyo University} in 1986.   ABCL/1 uses       {asynchronous} {message passing} to {object}s.   It requires       {Common Lisp}.   Implementations in {KCL} and {Symbolics Lisp}       are available from the author.          {(ftp://camille.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/)}.          E-mail: .          ["ABCL: An Object-Oriented Concurrent System", A. Yonezawa ed,       MIT Press 1990].   (1990-05-23).          (1995-02-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABCL/c+          A {concurrent} {object-oriented} language, an       extension of {ABCL/1} based on {C}.          ["An Implementation of An Operating System Kernel using       Concurrent Object Oriented Language ABCL/c+", N. Doi et al in       ECOOP '88, S. Gjessing et al eds, LNCS 322, Springer 1988].          (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABCL/R          A {reflective} subset of {ABCL/1}, written in       ABCL/1 by Yonezawa of {Tokyo Institute of Technology} in 1988.          {(ftp://camille.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/abclr)}.          ["Reflection in an Object-Oriented Concurrent Language",       T. Watanabe et al, SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):306-315 (Nov 1988)].          (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ABCL/R2          An {object-oriented}, {concurrent}, {reflective}       language based on {Hybrid Group Architecture}. ABCL/R2 was       produced by ,       , ,       , at the {Tokyo Institute of       Technology} in 1992.          As a reflective language, an ABCL/R2 program can dynamically       control its own behaviour, such as {scheduling} policy, from       within a user-program.   This system has almost all functions       of {ABCL/1} and is written in {Common Lisp}.          {(ftp://camille.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/abclr2/)}.          (1993-01-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
absolute path          A {path} relative to the {root directory}.   Its       first character must be the {pathname separator}.          (1996-11-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
absolute pathname          A {pathname} relative to the {root directory}.          (1996-11-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Abigail       father (i.e., "leader") of the dance, or "of joy." (1.) The       sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr.       2:16,17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25).                (2.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district       of Carmel (1 Sam. 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate       management at a critical period of her husband's life. She was       "a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance."       After Nabal's death she became the wife of David (1 Sam.       25:14-42), and was his companion in all his future fortunes (1       Sam. 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam. 2:2). By her David had a son called       Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3), elsewhere called Daniel (1 Chr. 3:1).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Absalom       father of peace; i.e., "peaceful" David's son by Maacah (2 Sam.       3:3; comp. 1 Kings 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty       and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2       Sam. 14:25,26). The first public act of his life was the       blood-revenge he executed against Amnon, David's eldest son, who       had basely wronged Absalom's sister Tamar. This revenge was       executed at the time of the festivities connected with a great       sheep-shearing at Baal-hazor. David's other sons fled from the       place in horror, and brought the tidings of the death of Amnon       to Jerusalem. Alarmed for the consequences of the act, Absalom       fled to his grandfather at Geshur, and there abode for three       years (2 Sam. 3:3; 13:23-38).                David mourned his absent son, now branded with the guilt of       fratricide. As the result of a stratagem carried out by a woman       of Tekoah, Joab received David's sanction to invite Absalom back       to Jerusalem. He returned accordingly, but two years elapsed       before his father admitted him into his presence (2 Sam. 14:28).       Absalom was now probably the oldest surviving son of David, and       as he was of royal descent by his mother as well as by his       father, he began to aspire to the throne. His pretensions were       favoured by the people. By many arts he gained their affection;       and after his return from Geshur (2 Sam. 15:7; marg., R.V.) he       went up to Hebron, the old capital of Judah, along with a great       body of the people, and there proclaimed himself king. The       revolt was so successful that David found it necessary to quit       Jerusalem and flee to Mahanaim, beyond Jordan; where upon       Absalom returned to Jerusalem and took possession of the throne       without opposition. Ahithophel, who had been David's chief       counsellor, deserted him and joined Absalom, whose chief       counsellor he now became. Hushai also joined Absalom, but only       for the purpose of trying to counteract the counsels of       Ahithophel, and so to advantage David's cause. He was so far       successful that by his advice, which was preferred to that of       Ahithophel, Absalom delayed to march an army against his father,       who thus gained time to prepare for the defence.                Absalom at length marched out against his father, whose army,       under the command of Joab, he encountered on the borders of the       forest of Ephraim. Twenty thousand of Absalom's army were slain       in that fatal battle, and the rest fled. Absalom fled on a swift       mule; but his long flowing hair, or more probably his head, was       caught in the bough of an oak, and there he was left suspended       till Joab came up and pierced him through with three darts. His       body was then taken down and cast into a pit dug in the forest,       and a heap of stones was raised over his grave. When the tidings       of the result of that battle were brought to David, as he sat       impatiently at the gate of Mahanaim, and he was told that       Absalom had been slain, he gave way to the bitter lamentation:       "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died       for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (2 Sam. 18:33. Comp. Ex.       32:32; Rom. 9:3).                Absalom's three sons (2 Sam. 14:27; comp. 18:18) had all died       before him, so that he left only a daughter, Tamar, who became       the grandmother of Abijah.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apocalypse       the Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abigail, the father's joy
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Abishalom, father of peace
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Absalom, father of peace
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Apocalypse, uncovering, revelation