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A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.

To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland.

f fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.

finitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. Devonian age (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the Age of fishes. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red s…

e, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.

metrical. Diametral curve, Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. -- Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie.

Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

The didactic method or system.

A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses. -- n.

trics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. "Dioptrical principles." Nichol. Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under Cartesian.

Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.