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That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics. Hutton.

The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

That branch of acoustics which treats of reflested sounds; catacoustics.

To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. To cave in. Etym: [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay.

The science which treats of the head.

That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. R. Park.

The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisibl…

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7.

One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

Chloral hydrate. Chloral hydrate, a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.

To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anæsthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.

A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison.

The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison.