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Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebræ of some extinct dinouaurs.

A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.

Same as Platyelminthes. [Written also Platyelmia.]

An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics.

An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.

Same as Prosobranchiata.

A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).

The duck mole. See under Duck.

One of the Platyrhini.

nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey. [Written also Platyrrhini.]

Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

ce, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. Swift.

See Platinichloric.

ention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. Byron.

tinued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton. Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. Locke.

A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.