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2,087 words match “LATION”

AMMONIUM n.
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
AMONG; AMONGST prep.
Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. What news among the merchants Shak. Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison.
AMOUNT v.
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
AMPHIARTHROSIS n.
A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
AMPULLA n.
g shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
AMYL NITRITE n.
latile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.
ANACHRONISM n.
h other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
ANAESTHESIA n.
or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.
ANALLAGMATIC a.
Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics. -- Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.
ANALOGUE n.
h is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
ANALOGY n. 2 definitions
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
ANAPLEROTIC a. 2 definitions
Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. -- n.
ANASTOMOSIS n.
The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
ANATOMIZE v.
atomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume.
AND conj.
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
ANDROMEDA n.
A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
ANDROMEDE; ANDROMED n.
A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.
ANEURISM n.
A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]
ANGEL n.
An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.
ANILINE n.
radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
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