English Dictionary: Neolithic Age | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neolithic \Ne`o*lith"ic\, a. [Neo- + -lith + -ic.] (Arch[91]ol. & Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone. The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the [bd]Stone age;[b8] the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or [bd]crannogs,[b8] of the British Isles, belong to this era. --Lubbock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nilotic \Ni*lot"ic\, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus th Nile, Gr. [?]: cf. F. nilotique.] Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nullity \Nul"li*ty\, n.; pl. {Nullities}. [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullit[82] . See {Null}.] 1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force. 2. (Law) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists. 3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity ? --Macaulay. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
niladic presumably following the more common {monadic}, {dyadic}, etc. The term was in use as early as 1976, and probably originated in {APL}. [APL: An Interactive Approach, 1976]. (2001-01-27) |