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A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds.

y of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.

Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.

Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.

or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds.

The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. Addison.

Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.

Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.

That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum. That which manifests its qualities -- in other words, that in which the appearing causes inhere, that to which they belong -- is called their subject or substance, or sub…

sion duty, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [Eng.] -- Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation.

The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.

The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case. [Written also supranaturalism.]…

To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.…

The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.

Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

Having corresponding parts or relations.

That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another pe…

construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.