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vity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a tube cont…

One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley.

land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.

To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall.

That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. "The colligation of facts." Whewell. Colligation is not always induction, but induction is…

vated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in.

as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. He assumed an absolute command over his readers. Druden.

ing another to violate the law. The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)

A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. Beattie.

a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of…

ngeable; reciprocal. -- Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv. Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice. Burke.

To vie; to assume a likeness or equality. Shall pack horses . . . compare with Cæsars Shak.

To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman. She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.

A compendium; an epitome; a summary. A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet.

To sum or collect together. [Obs.] Bp. King.

g the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.