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A salt of telluric acid.

To transfigure; to transform. [R.]

To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

Inaccurate. Boyle.

Inaccuracy. Boyle.

Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.

Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

stance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, wi…

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.

ot only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors. His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.

As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.

ation with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke.

A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. Lyman.