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hing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

denum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.

lybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a Ant: polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.

s; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives. The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. Hammond.

ent, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption.

Capability of motion; contractility.

To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold. [Obs.] Let us not moulen thus in idleness. Chaucer.

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Illust. of Muscles of the Human Body, in Appendix.

by which we obtain knowledge of the condition of our muscles and to what extent they are contracted, also of the position of the various parts of our bodies and the resistance offering by external objects.

The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

ining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.

The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology.

A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc. -- n.