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Apostolicity. Dr. H. More.

The state or quality of being apostolical.

addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

To address by apostrophe.

See Aposteme. [Obs.]

See Intercolumniation.

Applied to a gastrula when the blastorope does not entirely up.

See Intercolumniation, and Aræostyle.

Seamless. [R.]

One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism.

Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.

A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.

Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. Brewer.

Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." Brougham.

Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.