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ies or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J.…

Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus.

Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.

Relating to the chair or office of a teacher. [Obs.]

Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative. Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts.

Relating to, or containing, a census. He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker.

Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n.

Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. -- Center sun (Astron.), a nam…

Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or s…

Relating to, or affected with, headache. -- n.

Relating to the long axis of the body.

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam.

Relating to the art of modeling in wax.

Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; elemosynary; as, a charitable institution.

tone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Relating to chirology.