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Of or pertaining to Jones. The Jonesian system, a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.

h the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion.

the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration. Stormonth.

ch when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.

The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

ery numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.

A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.

A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.

A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

r divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.

tion with a telescope, and provided with clockwork for moving the sun's image across the slit. -- Spec`tro*he`li*o*graph"ic (#), a.

Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]

he pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.

A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. Knight. The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. Tomlinson.

A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.

cal toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.