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Of or pertaining to mitosis; karyokinetic; as, mitotic cell division; -- opposed to amitotic. --Mi*tot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

ne (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions.

One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which in…

A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.

The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

ce of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.

Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria. -- Mon`o*zo"ic, a.

elopment of writing, and an extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, perception of movement, and their interconnections), mediated by a patented, standardized system of "didactic apparatus," which is declared to be "auto-regulative." Most of the chief features of the method are borro…

ch all idolatry is derived. T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell. -- Mother church, the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese. -- Mother country, the country of one…

ts in the picture represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move in some manner, as that of some original scene. The usual form of moving pictures is that produced by the cinematograph.

A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.

An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

peated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division.

als are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

ies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or glinding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.

ich sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.

A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.