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The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.

ects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism. There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom. xi. 5.

According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.

According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.

A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

osit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

ves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents. push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class…

Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.…

f rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotso…

According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

(Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.