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The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.

anized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.

used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease. .

Full; complete. [Obs.] "Plein remission." Chaucer. -- Plein"ly, adv.

Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]

Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. -- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.…

Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.

Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]

The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. Brande & C.

perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n.

To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.

e elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] W. H. Russell.

n, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. Parallelogram of forces, under Parallelogram.

So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

Customary or constant use; state of being used. Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice. Dryden.

admission, as of steam, to the engine cylinder before the back stroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.

an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.

ving upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed. -- Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. Burrill. -- Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuri…