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One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

al equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.

to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

he lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.

The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.

a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

oor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.

One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill- wisher; as, a foe to religion. A foe to received doctrines. I. Watts

lying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay.

her lines. See Trigonometrical function (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. -- One-valued function, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- Transcendental functions, a quan…

n unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.]

diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels,…

A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.

A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.

hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.

A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.

nk range or at low angles of elevation. -- Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. -- Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which…

Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, answer to the allegations of the opposite party.

cipal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.

s proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n.