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The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration. Froude.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.

to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.

Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. Antiochian epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.

f, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

Resort to physical means; recourse. Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms. Kent.

d resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.

Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

ormance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation. Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art…

State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing.

ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. -- Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.