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point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

ting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.

The fossil remains of a bird.

That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.

One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

eolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.

Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

The description of fossil remains.

The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

Petty; insignificant. "The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." Burke.

y, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You are a well-deserving pillar." Shak. By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.

r rocks supposed to have been first formed, being crystalline and containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.; -- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like manner, but of these the last two only are now in use. -- Primary salt (Chem.), a sa…

Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans.

Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.

als for given quantities. See the Phrases below. Reciprocal equation (Math.), one which remains unchanged in form when the reciprocal of the unknown quantity is substituted for that quantity. -- Reciprocal figures (Geom.), two figures of the same kind (as triangles, parallelograms, prisms, etc.), so related that two s…

in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif. The relics of lost innocence. Kebe. The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. Shak.

Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

ter part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.