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determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also someti…

The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte.

ain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.

The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.

In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.

full possession and exercise of any office. These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. Swift.

which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.

At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc. Instantaneous center of rotation (Kinematics), in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest. -- Instantaneous axis of rotation (Kinematics),…

A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.

Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.

A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.

The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

Not enduring; not able to endure. The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot.

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

onstone. See under Clay. -- Ironstone china, a hard white pottery, first made in England during the 18th century.

a diagram of energy, the law of variation of the pressure and density of a fluid, the one during the lowering, and the other during the raising, of its temperature, when the quantity of heat given out by the fluid during any given stage of the one process is equal to the quantity received during the corresponding stage…

executioner, a wretch who had butchered many brave and noble victims, and whose name has, during a century and a half, been vulgarly given to all who have succeeded him in his odious office. Macaulay.

One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.…

dder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. -- Japan earth. See Catechu. -- Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. -- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milk…