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In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

ed Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub. Loudon.

With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct." Dana.

A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

ply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second.

consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a con…

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.

Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller.

unds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

cial grasses. Gibbon. Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson. -- Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true nat…

ch constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.

Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.