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An apparition; a phantom; an appearance. [R.] Hammond. Sir T. Herbert.

figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.…

An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. Stewart.

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic] Pope. Tennyson.

A luminous image or appearance of a hallucinatory character.

its in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.

es are usually quickly translocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. The chloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature, varying according to climate. This is the only way in which a plant is ab…

ng the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.

To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You are a well-deserving pillar." Shak. By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton.

; also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

eries of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.

his with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.

Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian…

Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.

The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.

lestial sphere which coincide with the earth's axis produced, and about which the heavens appear to revolve.

A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.

A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size. [R.]

Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.