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. Canceled figures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.

A cosmetic containing white lead. To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom. Macaulay.

rth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.

To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. "T was certain he could write and cipher too. Goldsmith.

A compliment. [Obs.] Shak. Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc or angle (Geom.), the difference between that…

Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.

ty, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise unit volume of the substance one degree.

A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.

ng ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens. -- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as -- Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figu…

To subject to arithmetical division.

Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements. Dyadic arithmetic, the same as binary arithmetic.

A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

rystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.

g an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

rmony). -- Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which…

d of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic ad emetic. [Written also camboge.]