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Mixture; compound. [Obs.] Made a temperature of brass and iron together. Holland. Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. -- Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be…

Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.

A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

fferent functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

eaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate…

A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.

Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.

A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.

adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.

Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.

ining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.

ining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds. [Written also thallious.]

ent composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.

The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.

Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.

lic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.

The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.

thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds. [Written also thiophtene.]

Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.