Search the Dictionary

The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.

Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet.

In a geocentric manner.

or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.

According to the rules or laws of geometry.

Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.

ring to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. Heliocentric parallax. See under Parallax. -- Heliocentric place, latitude, longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun.

Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.

Consisting of six metrical feet.

Belonging to horometry.

Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids.

Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.

Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.

Of or pertaining to hypsometry.

Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

Idolatrous. [Obs.]

Not metrical or rhythmical. [R.] Chapman.

Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.

Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion. Lost in the wild, inextricable maze. Blackmore.