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he period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29

An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.

An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier.

An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. [Obs.]

Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.

Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.

Subject, with them, is the mind which knows; object, that which is known; subjective, the varying conditions of the knowing mind; objective, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known. Trendelenburg. Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject knowing…

S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international oh…

An instrument for autographically recording the wave forms of varying currents, esp. rapidly varying alternating currents.

An instrument for showing visually the changes in a varying current; an oscillograph.

A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.

er; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.

ican baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.

same plane; -- said of sets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged without varying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope or telescope) with which they are used.

A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around s…

in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope.

the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

oroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature, varying according to climate. This is the only way in which a plant is able to organize carbohydrates. All plants without a chlorophyll apparatus, as the fungi, must be parasitic or saprophytic. --Pho`to*syn*thet"ic (#), a. -- Pho…