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Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to Ant: concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word. J. S. Mill.

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Nicholson.

Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

is is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

That on or against which a body abuts or presses; as

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

ing, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.…

his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.

Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny- finned.

The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

roposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

ech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity. -- Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.

ion of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. -- Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of the tides, under Priming. -- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by which their appa…

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

The rythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.