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The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer.

p or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as -

(Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.

] Chaucer. -- To hold one's own. (a) To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight. -- To hold one's peace, to keep silence.- To…

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially:

Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actua…

the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.

A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife. The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone.

A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. [Obs.]

Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides. [Obs.]

o with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.

ment indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.

who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission.

To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit. [R.] Boyle.

ly involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline.

In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid. Iodic acid, a monobasic acid, consisting of iodine with three parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen.