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of half an ampère is said to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its ampère turns.

Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray.

geness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becom…

Proportion; equality of ratios.

An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

(Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.

A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johns…

Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.

koned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth. A thousand pound a year, annual support. Shak.

To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift.

Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.

The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.