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ranules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.

An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Same as Pterosauria.

The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.

Putrefied. [Obs.] What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston.

Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays, X rays, or any of the allied forms of radiation. -- Ra`di*o- ac*tiv"i*ty, n.

The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; - - opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to the component of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due to the self…

A choking coil.

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.

A reactionary. C. Kingsley.

Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction. -- Re*act"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*act"ive*ness, n.

A choking coil.

To compact or join anew. "Recompact my scattered body." Donne.

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

See Redactor.

The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.