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That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.] I offer these derivements from these subjects. W. Montagu.

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.

The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name.

A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.

A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.

To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.

An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. Simmonds.

A lose of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. The avaridrawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam.

ally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate,

A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n.

orless crystalline substance, C12H4N2O8 by heating an ammonium salt of mellitic acid. By reduction it is changed to a dark blue substance (euchrone), -- hence its name.

d on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. McElrath.

The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.

A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluoresceïn, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.

c., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.