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Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.

doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily b…

A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

ct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.

That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.

The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.

That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.

That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.

That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.

That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

The treatment of disease by electricity.

That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.

Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

ct into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.] Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.

An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.