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l idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.

One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

Diametrically opposite. His antipodal shadow." Lowell.

Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.

The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed. Geo. Eliot.

That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

mber, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More.

Asymmetrical. [Obs.] Barrow.

for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ. Math. Dict.

upposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. Wordsworth. The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge.

ank window (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usual…

A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

See Catholic epistles, under Canholic. -- Canonical form (Math.), the simples or most symmetrical form to which all functions of the same class can be reduced without lose of generality. -- Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and de…