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A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride. [Eng.]

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

Pertaining to Alsatia.

Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.

ual rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

ause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. Grew.

ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Pertaining to the alula.

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.

Containing alum.

pertaining the form of alumina.

luish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth.