Search the Dictionary

hilosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method. Sir. W. Hamilton.

Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.

An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied. Dunglison.

rce); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victoty to his lieutenants. Milton. O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope.

A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten.

lly occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.

= Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.

To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten.

wool, etc. To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten. -- To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.

or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure. Totten.

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." T. Burnet.

In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne.

ssenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.

Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.

Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. "The true peripatetic school." Howell.

tem or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained. [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. Chaucer. We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our school. Locke.

A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography, phototype, photometer.

A phototheodolite, or a camera designed for use in photogrammetry. --Pho`to*gram*met"ric (#), Pho`to*gram*met"ric*al (#), a.

heat and trees. -- Plant cutter (Zoöl.), a South American passerine bird of the genus Phytotoma, family Phytotomidæ. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury. -- Plant louse (Zoöl.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those o…