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To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amountin…

A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

abstract terms are the names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities. -- Abstract numbers (Math.), numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete. -- Abstract or Pure mathematics. See…

An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure.

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

Combined with acetic acid.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names…

t of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.

Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

ckness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.