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Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [R.]

y; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.] -- Tet"ric*al*ness, n.

ons; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. R. Jefferies.…

performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.

In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.

nometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. --Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Trigonometrical curve, a curve one of whose coördinates is a trigonometric function of the other. -- Trigonometrical function. See under Function. -- Trigonometrical lines, lines which are employed in solving the different cases of plane…

Same as Trimeter.

Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

Not symmetrically.

Volumetric. -- Vol`u*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

aulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver i…

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in ampères.

Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.