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See Note under Cyclops, 1.

Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

mation in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.

A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia.

Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean.

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser.

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. These serve to develop its tenets. Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and de…

Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.

One who, or that which, develops.

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. A new developmen…

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.

The act or state of seeing double.

One of the Diplopoda.

An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

To develop. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

See Ægilops.