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oposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Playfair.

The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. Milton.

Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root or leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

A runner terminated by a germinating bud.

An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

etely, that which answers the question "How much"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size. Hence, in specific uses:

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by th…

To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

he back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

rning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Kent.…

reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.

To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. It was near nine . . . before the House rose. Macaulay.

A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.

A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.

), one of the modified epithelial cells in or near which the fibers of the sensory nerves terminate.

. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.

To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone.

To end; to terminate; to conclude. When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier.