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DIFFRACTION n.
emarked by Grimaldi (1665), and referred by him to a property of light which he called diffraction. Whewell. Diffraction grating. (Optics) See under Grating. -- Diffraction spectrum. (Optics) See under Spectrum.
DIFFRACTIVE a.
That produces diffraction.
DIFFRANCHISE; DIFFRANCHISEMENT n.
See Disfranchise, Disfranchisement.
DISENFRANCHISE v.
To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
DISFRANCHISE v.
To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.…
DISFRANCHISEMENT n.
The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.
EFFRANCHISE v.
To enfranchise.
EFFRAY v.
To frighten; to scare. [Obs.] Spenser.
EFFRAYABLE a.
Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey.
ENFRAME v.
To inclose, as in a frame.
ENFRANCHISE v. 3 definitions
To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
ENFRANCHISEMENT n. 2 definitions
dom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W.
ENFRANCHISER n.
One who enfranchises.
HOGFRAME n.
A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
INFRA adv.
Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
INFRA-AXILLARY a.
Situated below the axil, as a bud.
INFRA-RED a.
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays less refrangible than the extreme red rays.
INFRABRANCHIAL a.
Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.
INFRACLAVICULAR a.
Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.
INFRACT a. 2 definitions
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman.
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