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To enlarge by extension of territory.

ily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. -- Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite.

Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.

The state of healty tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.

The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically (Med.), measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.

Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.] Older.

he brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

d this stage the tritubercular or trigonodont. The trigon being a cutting apparatus, an extension of the posterior part of the crown was developed in lower molars for crushing, and a smaller corresponding part appeared in upper molars. Another large cone then arose, usually from the cingulum. In more complex forms, sma…

entific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style. Truss rod, a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.

To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.

Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient. Universal chuck (Mach.), a chuck, as for a lathe, having ja…

The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.

To relax the tension of; to loosen. "His garland they unstring." Dryden.

action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.

An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.

odium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.

head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. Dryden. Cowper.