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d the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting throught a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination. -- Mechanical solution (Math.), a solution of a problem by any art or…

The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture…

line substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same.

Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly…

or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

ce and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers. Addis & Arnold.

The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting as money; as, the monetization of silver.

To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver.

Converted into money; coined. If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed. Locke.

Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.

A genus of microörganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother.

The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. Contributory negligence. See under Contributory.

A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.

the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

To convert into a noun. [Obs.]

One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6.

Converting into an object.

To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. Lyell.