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Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena.

Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. "Adagial verse." Barrow.

Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

Pertaining to adenography.

Pertaining to adenology.

Pertaining to adenotomy.

Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zoöl.), a soft boneless fin. -- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.

Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.

Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. -- Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv.

Pertaining to admission.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.

Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. -- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv.

Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.