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Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial. Cæsarean section (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.

Of or pertaining to a cæsura. Cæsural pause, a pause made at a cæsura.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.

Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. recemosa; as, cahincic acid.

Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

Calciferous. Specifically: (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

Of or pertaining to calculi.

Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

Of or pertaining to a calendar.

Of or pertaining to California. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.

Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]