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An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine.

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. -- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejecte…

Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

Minutely crenate.

A minute crenation.

circumstances are indeed critical. Burke. The small moment, the exact point, the critical minute, on which every good work so much depends. South. Critical angle (Optics), that angle of incidence of a luminous ray at which it is wholly reflected, and no portion of it transmitted. The sine of this angle is the reciproca…

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.…

A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.

A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from

A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.

The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Hateful; detestable; abominable. But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak.

Definiteness. [R.] Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. Sir W. Hamilton.

taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

esent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.

ans of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.