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The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.

One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

A halo, actual or figurative. The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.

Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

ns cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

ow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W. (b) pl.

al or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.

o ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Ps. xxxvii. 25.

ow might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen Shak.

To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. T. Watts.

Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, generalas, a bird's-eye view.

far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

ing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.