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Art or process of decorating pottery with photographically prepared designs. -- Pho`to*ce*ram"ic (#), a.

The relation of light to the movements of plants and their organs; the study of the phenomena of curvatures induced by the stimulus of light. --Pho`to*dy*nam"ic (#), Pho`to*dy*nam"ic*al (#), a.

Prior to Adam.

Situated under the optic thalamus.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.

Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.

Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat. Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight, under Heat.

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.

(Physics), the temperature as measured on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero. -- Absolute zero (Physics), the be ginning, or zero point, in the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to -273º centigrade or -459.4º Fahrenheit.…

The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics.

A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervæ, etc.

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.