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Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.

rred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.

Going before; -- opposed to following.

previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.

aning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

aining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional sneerer." De Quincey.

The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.

to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.

A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. "Proximate ancestors." J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet. Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. -- Proximate cause. (a) A caus…

Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]

The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. Jer. Taylor.

Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of. The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. Waterland.

The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. Clarendon. Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. Shak.

On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. Shak.

vival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.…

ide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.

loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic. To sail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course, following a rhumb line.