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ived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.

A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals recognized.

er and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.

A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.

A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.

by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. The decision of some dispute. Atterbury.

Capable of being resolved into constituent elements.

To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.

t or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.…

ited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

rest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld. We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Ho…

A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.

A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.] Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes.

The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

Terminal. Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. Fitzed. Hall.

A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical. [Obs.]

A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.

The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.

A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.