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An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.

A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. Wheatstone. --Rhe`o*stat"ic, a.

iscophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.

An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are sup…

Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. -- Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.

The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.

Geostatic.

Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebræ.

A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the teleosts. -- n.

A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

A large grass (Euchlæna luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

A theosophist.

Of or pertaining to theosophy. -- The`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Belief in theosophy. Murdock.